Patience has spent her entire life training for the day of the death of her father. And now that he has passed, she finds herself prepared for survival as the usurper king Oruc orders her execution. But as she escapes, she senses a strange pull towards a place called Cranning, where ancient prophecies claim that a beast called the "Unwyrm" waits patiently for her so that together they will bring back the ancient creatures known as Wyrms...