When the evil Magiistos mutilate fourteen-year-old Malhela and banish her from a slave-dependent patriarchy oppressed by the system of caste and mask, she is thrust into a world of governed by only one rule: Survive! In a journey through the ever-changing landscape of the Seven Rings and her own soul, Malhela discovers leaders are self-made, not born, and that there is a simple heroism in making it through each day. Malhela undertakes a quest to rescue her true love, give meaning to suffering and tragedy, and free the Rings from slavery. Thus begins the Malhela Tetralogy, an exploration of love between the traumatized, found family, the heroism of the damned, what it means to fight for an idea, and the meaning of hope.