Long before a stubborn fourteen-year-old girl would unwittingly travel to a different world, three boys would make a similar journey, unintentionally setting loose a horrifying monster. With the boys left broken, the monster continues on a rampage across the six ancient lands. But for one princess, this monster, and what it leaves behind, gives her hope. Unfortunately, this hope brings with it an undercurrent of fear in the form of her father, a king...