Ela Roeh of Parne doesn't understand why her beloved Creator the Infinite wants her to become His prophet. She's undignified and bad-tempered and at age seventeen she's much too young. In addition no prophet of Parne has ever been a girl. Worst of all as Parne's elders often warn if she agrees to become the Infinite's prophet Ela knows she will die young. Yet she can't imagine living without Him. Determined to hear the Infinite's voice Ela accepts the sacred vinewood branch and is sent to bring the Infinite's word to a nation torn apart by war. There she meets a young ambassador determined to bring his own justice for his oppressed people. As they form an unlikely partnership Ela battles how to balance the leading of her heart with the leading of the Infinite.
