When a teenage orphan girl, Iyanu, unknowingly triggers her Divine Powers, she escapes Elu, the last standing city in the known world; she embarks on a journey to discover the truth about the evil lurking in the realm of Yorubaland.

Kanfo, the leader of the Eso Warriors of Elu, brings his inquisitive son Toye along on the hunt for Iyanu; she encounters Mama Sewa, the astute matriarch of the Riverlands Settlement who has secret knowledge of Iyanu's past and powers.