Jordan, daughter of the famed healer Collum, has always taken pride in her independent nature and in the fact that she's the only woman on the planet Etherea who possesses "the healer's gift." She finds acceptance, excitement, and purpose by treating soldiers in war camps. Jordan is comfortable with her uniqueness and doesn't believe she needs the love of any man in order to be fulfilled. When she begins to have premonitions and is captured by enemy soldiers, Jordan becomes embroiled in a quest to save the great-niece of her King. Noah, the King's bastard son, is not only intent on rescuing his cousin; he also knows he's the ideal match for Jordan. Like her, he's respected but is set apart from others. Unlike her, his separateness results from the circumstances of his birth and from the berserker rages he succumbs to during battles. Jordan and Noah come to understand that love and desire are the most important tools they have in their own quest to stay alive and together. But a twisted part of Noah's past will threaten his life and sanity. If Jordan can't heal him, body and soul, then her final premonition will come true. If it does, then both of the lovers are doomed.