Fate will not be denied. Nerissa thinks she's safe from the gods and elders that rule her village. She's wrong. It's only a matter of time before she is chosen to pay the ultimate price-her life. As the maiden sacrifice nears Nerissa takes matters into her hands. All she needs is a husband to escape the terms of the offering. When she meets Zeer, a visiting fisherman, he sweeps her off her feet. Are her prayers truly answered? Everyone around her...