Living on the cubic planet Arrei, Braviael’s life is staggeringly altered when she is rescued by her enemy. Her rescuer, Dithyn Noorlander, is a clom—a race of people quite different from humans. Cloms and humans have been enemies for centuries, and Braviael is not prepared for what awaits her in the clom capital of Delgany.

Rife with prejudice and political strife, the city offers no shortage of difficulties for Braviael as she attempts to navigate a new life among the clom people. When Braviael learns that Dithyn Noorlander teaches martial arts, she begins training under his tutelage.

But as Braviael grows in her ability to fight, the opposition against humans increases. Aided by a monstrous white tiger, an extremist group of cloms seeks an old artifact that could enable them to attack the humans of Arrei on a massive scale.

Determined to overcome the deep-veined prejudice between their peoples, Braviael and her clom companions must rise to become the protectors Arrei needs, racing across the cubic world to oppose those bent on destroying humankind.