In the remote village of Galia, Jarrell has lived as a village healer for over ten years along with his assistant, Dorrien, watching the Sachakan border.
But when Jarrell is asked to accompany a mysterious magician into Sachaka by the High Lord, his life takes an unexpected turn.
Leaving his home and journeying into a land still bitter from an ancient war, Jarrell finds himself setting in sequence a motion of events that will forever change the face of Kyralia, but wil he survive long enough to see its end?