'You can't cure a curse; you have to unravel it. You have to find the reasons that wove it, and work out how to pull the threads loose...'

In a world where anyone can cast a life-destroying curse, only one person has the power to unravel them.

Kellen does not fully understand his unique gift, but helps those transformed maliciously, including Nettle.  Recovered from entrapment in a bird form, she is now his constant companion, and closest ally.

But Kellen has also been cursed, and unless he and Nettle can remove his curse, Kellen is in danger of unravelling everything, and everyone, around him.