An immortal human meets a peculiar child, and suddenly their boring life is turned upside down towards a chaotic adventure. In order to live or to die, both must endure a variety of their own obstacles, be it hunters, monsters known as scrynths, or even their own weaknesses. The world of Cilgrave welcomes, with its wastelands devoid of green life, a lively constant war for survival between all of the remaining sentient living beings.