It seethes in the soul of the assassin, Judas ben Hasid, who cuts Roman throats in bitter service to Yahweh, certain that God has forsaken the ancient covenant. Meanwhile, his unmarried sister, Hannah, wastes her days dreaming of faraway things she cannot afford – foolish notions like truth, love and hope.

Judas has no idea that Hannah has secretly befriended a golden-eyed angel named Redalion, from whom she is learning the harp, nor does Judas know the dark secrets buried in her soul. One day, driven by Hannah’s haunted past, Redalion answers her wish and carries Hannah to a magical land called Mystica, where a quest begins for the greatest truth of all. As the Powers of the Age openly war for her soul, Hannah’s hope and Judas’s cynicism are set to collide.

In that moment, both will come face-to-face with a man named Jeshua. Both will find their hearts and fears laid bare. Though judgment be swift, love is unending, even to the point of drawing life from a barren curse. Which is, and always has been, the secret of The Withering Tree.