When Ar'ked, a young shepherd, is charged by an angel with restoring the ways of the Sojourners of the Narrow Path, he is opposed by everyone from his own mother to the Priest-King of the mightiest of empires. Will the lessons of a lame beggar, the surprising treasures in a secret library, and Ar'ked's faith in Ye'su be enough to succeed against a plot of betrayal and the ancient Oracle of Tartaria, who still stalks the land? And will Ar'ked ever find out what really happened to his father?