Amara is a young girl of fourteen living in the land of Kumilaka where she constantly has to deal with being different. Her world is shaken when she finds out that her little brother Neo has been touched. The Morbus Touch a deadly disease kills the child before they reach their seventh birthday. Amara is determined to save her brother by finding the cure rumored to be in the Mountains of Emberose. But to do so she must venture outside the little island she calls home. She will soon learn that th