Astrid, a young woman living in the small, cozy town of Crimson Barrow, has always been different. Phenomena she cannot explain plague her every day of her life. One day, after a wretched morning in the square, she finds herself the unlikely target of a mysterious faction desperate to capture her.

Fleeing from the only home she has ever known, she becomes wrapped in an adventure to find a new place to belong and a new way of life while being continuously hunted. Secrets are uncovered as she slowly learns who she is, but can she control what she is?