A century of torment in Helheim could not break Rowan. Hated by Sigrid, the Arbiter and her husband, for the marriage he thought she forced, she is left with an impossible choice when his true love returns: serve as nothing more than a servant, or descend into the Hall of Anguish for endless rebirth and suffering. Certain her fear of pain will make her obey, Sigrid goes ahead with his new wedding. Instead, Rowan chooses to vanish into Yggdrasil’s cycle. And when Sigrid finally realizes too late what he has lost, he can only chase her soul through the realms and find the ashes of the woman who left him behind forever.