The dark angel Ragniel has won. Red Sonja flees for her life with the mortally wounded Nissa over her shoulder. Sara Pezzini finds the Witchblade is useless against Ragniel and his zealots have kidnapped her daughter. Drowning in desperation, Sara dives deep within the memories of the Witchblade in hopes of finding the sinful angel's weakness and comes to a single, undeniable conclusion. Her only chance of saving her daughter and mankind is for Red Sonja to become the bearer of the Witchblade.