The secret agent group known as the M.I.A( Minoran Investigation Agency) has a long, sad history. Once part of a great nation, the organization was rejected by the very same council who had founded and funded it, forcing its members to become rogues. An age old discovery, the M.I.A now uses children for most of its agents, a tactic that has proved thus far successful. Now, these outcasts search within enemy territory to regain what was once believed to be theirs. However, the enemy is dangerous, and grows allies, daily. The agency is falling apart after years of work, and four teens are sent to recover the lost object, and save their "nation," whatever the cost.

A dark evil has twisted the land of Gonden, bringing the once beautiful country to war with its neighbor, Corone. The darkness raids the land in the form of strange shadows, blackness that completely devours life. Corone fights back, but in vain. In the midst of all, two people struggle to survive, and hope against hope that their country can be saved. Saven was just an ordinary Narain boy living with his mother as they traveled across Corone to entertain various lords and ladies. But with one night, one slash of deadly claws, Saven finds himself alone and in search of a new life. And who is this girl, this person looking for similar answers? Can he trust her? Saven's recent loss and dangeriously secret past will catch up to him, and then he must make the ultimate decision between the right thing or saving his own life. Kiyra Arrik now wanders through Corone, ignorant of the growing darkness in the Corone's sister kingdom, Gonden. But what you don't know can hurt you, and in Kira's case, already has, about thirteen years ago. She remembers nothing of her past high position and who quickly seized it from her, but she is determined to discover once and for all who she is and if this strange Narain can give her any information, Kiyra has no choice but to stick close to him. In an epic journey through strange cities and desperate situations, this tale of friendship and the stand for freedom against all that is evil is full of adventure and overturned stones that some would consider best left alone.