Unar dreams of greatness. Determined but destitute, she escapes her parents plot to sell her into slavery. Now she serves in the Garden of the goddess Audblayin, ruler of growth and fertility. When Audblayin dies, Unar sees her opportunity for glory, atthe risk of descending into the unknown dangers of Understorey to look for a reincarnated newborn god. In its depths, she discovers new forms of magic, lost family connections, and murmurs of a revolution that could cost Unar her chance...or grant it by destroying the home she loves.