As seeds of an apocalypse caused by a long-dead god take root, disgraced king Vasily sets out to hunt down the chaotic thief whose mere existence threatens his family. But when an angry little girl wielding an ancient curse changes everything, both the hunter and the hunted find themselves facing impossible questions as they set out on a brutal journey: What separates a man from a monster, when he is trying to do right? And when those lines have been blurred, bent, and thoroughly broken, can he ever find goodness again?