When the young wizard Wayland Morth brings rain to a region that has been dry for more than 10 years, he is offered anything he'd like as a reward. He chooses the village elder's daughter, 16-year-old Sydelle Mirabil, who cannot understand why the wizard has chosen her. Clashing wills turn to tender affection as the pair races towards the capital to prevent a war between neighbouring kingdoms, plagued by sudden earthquakes and fierce snowstorms and pursued by dark forces. But as Sydelle discovers secrets about North's past, she becomes key to the kingdom's fate...