On Haitus 700 hundred years ago, the world succumbed to a fog of death. Before Ruth was destroyed, a massive bell descended from the sky. The Burning Bell: God. Vora Snihde was born in this alternate, old-fashioned world with the unfortunate witchlike power to feel others' pain. In order to be free of this magic, she must do what she must to master this power. Vora's path to a normal life is twisted by a looming war and the loss of loved ones.