In our world, only two things matter: strength and a lifespan measured out until old age. Both are something you can earn, but try to obtain the seed of life—or the bean of troerost—when you’re a child, powerless and rootless, the kind anyone is happy to kick.
But the Path doesn’t divide people into rich and poor, into orphans and those who have everything from birth. Every person has the right to step onto the road to the Summit and, overcoming all the belts of the world, reach true power and immortality. Everyone has the right—but not everyone is capable. And certainly not everyone wants it.
I want it! I simply have no choice. Only the Path of troerost will help me climb out from the very bottom. Only by rising will I get a chance to save my sister and take revenge for the murder of our parents. I’m stubborn. I’ll manage! My life is a hunt.