Clément Ernest Durand Corbin is a kind-hearted and pious friar whose only wish is to witness and participate in the cohabitation and shared prosperity of the four factions; such a shame it is, then, that fate has chosen him to be its undoing. In the kingdom of Lérèves, humanity has found itself under the boot of Angel, Devil, and Mystic alike for no less than three straight decades, and tensions are only growing higher. In these desperate times, they look to the selections, ceremonies in which the great souls of the ancients cast their blessings upon mankind and offer them a fighting chance in the presence of their seemingly insurmountable foes. What’s a friar to do when that blessing falls upon him? When his rosaries and hymns are replaced with a sword and a shield? When the quiet pews and humble prayers are replaced with roaring crowds and bloodthirsty chanting? Worse yet, what to do when he finds love in the arms of one who should be considered his enemy? A dark and painful past behind him, and an uncertain and bloody future in front of him, Clément will have to make a choice: yield to destiny and prolong the bloodied cycle, or take a chance and carve a new path out from the unknown.