Clay is a Fleshed resident of the Carnal Village, a rural habitat breeding Flesh-related offsprings. The Village and its Boilingblood River are in grave danger, and it's up to the Entwined Tissue Army to protect it from the Augmented Humanity.
All the while, Clay, undermined by his father, a Chief of the Army, has to overcome his mysterious yellow fluid-ridden wound and attain the strength necessary to become a proud Warrior of the Village. Even if it means breaking his own body to do so.