Beyond the White Mountains… an island rises out of the sea, and on that island is a dead tree in which perch six crows. According to legend, they were born at the same time as the archipelago that carries their name: six pieces of land exposed to the vagaries of the sea, the wind, and magic, where there are water dragons; cruel, desperate kings; ghosts condemned to live the same scene over and over until the prophecy is fulfilled; witches; liquors that open windows to other worlds; trefoils of blood, labyrinths of stone and lost children. And in the midst of all this Nahlia, a young girl who is determined to find the most precious possession that was stolen from her: her brother.