Young Gavir, brought up in comfort as a house slave for a great family, sometimes sees into the future - a power he cannot explain or control, and one that his beloved older sister wisely advises him to keep secret. But when tragedy destroys his trust in all he has ever known, he flees in blind grief. He finds himself on a dangerous journey towards a goal he does not understand: Is he seeking freedom? Or his own people? Or the true use of his strange powers?