Set between the Eurphrates and Tigris in ancient Mesopotamia, Ninhursag is a young woman who has always gone against her tribe. The old ways of hunting and gathering could fade, as she uncovers how to grow. She sees the potential in agriculture, especially for a young orphan girl, Aya and may start a revolution, if the elder, Ishtar, would let her. Ninhursag must deal with Ishtar as well as her mother, Lilith telling her not to change their way of life. But, no matter what, when Marduk comes back to the nomadic tribe to tell them a raiders have killed off some of the hunter, Ishtar and Ninhursag know that their way of life must change. The question is, how?

A story told over two eras, liminal follows childhood friends as they grow into their teens and then again into adulthood. It tells the story of first love, loss and what it means to get older and have to let go of something.