An age ago the world shattered and the survivors found their way of life forever changed. Out of the resulting devastation they developed a strict set of rules known as The Way Code.A thousand years later, Ellenna, a young woman from the small village of Lodenek breaks one of The Way's outdated strictures, having a child without a bondmate or permission. Her baby is forcefully taken from her and she is exiled to the more liberal Morrven, a village...