We begin as every story should...on a dark and stormy night...

The last thing Nike needs is to be saddled with two amateur monster-hunters who insist on — ugh — trying to be her friends. But, when the latest job goes off the rails, her new "friends" might prove more helpful than she thought.

When Amaryll stumbles across a strange necrotic phenomenon, her first job with the Fractured Fate goes awry. Can she still prove herself worthy of joining her dream adventurer's guild?

Brea is a kitchenmaid by day, and by night...also a kitchenmaid. That's all. She refuses to have anything to do with any magical prophecies or daring quests or handsome knights in shining armor.

If only Fate agreed with her.

Enter the dangerous dunes of the N'slth Desert, where the sun never sets, the monsters never sleep, and the real danger is the Strangers you meet along the way...