"They call me 'Shanggu', the tribe's god of war."
"But what the gods want is never a guardian - but a blood-stained axe."
Deep in the Red Rift Valley, the matriarchal "Moonshadow Tribe" crawls under the shadow of the gods. Sixteen-year-old Destiny is the invincible "human god of war" in the eyes of his tribe - his red ax is stained with blood, and his rose eyes are like fire. She once thought that her power was for protection: to protect her mother's smile, to protect the children's play, to protect the tribe's bonfire.
Until she split the core of the "Heart-Eating Vine" and heard the whispers of the gods...
Purpose: Precaution is indispensable