After the death of his father, James Rook becomes the Lord of Lumber in the city of Seacross, charged with logging the endless forests beyond a thriving civilization that runs on the slavery of curious subservient creatures called Masks. Locked in an endless struggle of cut-throat politics and survival, like any newly-appointed Lord he must learn to play the game of ruin or be ruined, before the centuries-old web of betrayal and power swallows him completely.