A young boy made king must choose between what is right in his heart, or right by his country.

George Black, a dectective in New York 1940's is assigned to a murder case with a chess piece on every victim. He soons find himself stuck in his own battle as his life becomes more involved in the killer's deadly game.

The land of the lupi is thrown into discord as the invading tokage army march from the south. Knowing a terrible curse is upon him Denassa's plan to help his student Rikko must now include a young vulpris girl named Yumi and a way to save the lupi people and the vulpi from the tokage invasion.