Zara is a blacksmith surrounded by family and villagers who all believe her to be cursed. At first she refuses to believe she is cursed but the years pass on and none of her betrothals ever last long, their paths always leading away from her towards death or into the arms of another, leaving Zara standing alone time and time again, she accepts that she truly is cursed. Zara has finally resigned herself to her fate, until one day when a nomad comes to visit her brother and she begins to question it all, embarking on a journey that will change everything she's ever known.