Seven years have passed since the Misfortune—the universal catastrophe that plunged the whole world into endless winter. From the mighty empire struck by a comet, only the periphery and independent tribes along the outer borders survived. In one of these tribes, in a poor forest village, a small prince is growing up—miraculously saved during the Misfortune. The prince’s father-son becomes his older brother, his best friend, protector, and hero. But tragic circumstances separate the boys. The native son is forcibly taken away from the family. The little prince decides to devote his life to searching for and returning the missing boy.
But it isn’t so simple! The taken-away— a kind homeboy with tendencies of a “broody hen”—ends up in something like a school, where a clever and charismatic teacher starts molding him into a secret warrior—an ingenious killer for clandestine affairs…