In Querencia, the Bellator Hierarchy births another generation of soldiers to swear fealty to the land through the Imprimaturials, the annual exam for children in their thirteenth breath during the year. Sulien Agueo, a remnant of her dead tribe of traitors, does not care for the honor and pride rewarded for the promise of service until death, and only hopes to bring her father home by earning the power that only a soldier of Querencia is worthy of: unleashing the cararua , the energy living within them that distinguishes their blood from the rest.

If she thought being a soldier is easy, the hierarchy will challenge her fears and break her in all the ways until she learns to pick herself up and fight for her own land. Sulien will endure a harsh reality with people she will be forced to get along and people she will have to protect. As friendships are forged and bonds are made, the journey to achieving her own goals and serving Querencia reveals bits of a truth that is buried deep within a clump of lies made since the beginning of cararua. Questions arise and her beliefs shake under the pressure of a system that slowly unveils itself and demands her to open her eyes and see everything for what it truly is.

They were the enemy all along.