A young shepherd who dreams of the adventures he hears about in stories soon finds the real world to be much darker than he could have known. An assassin for the worst that Weylin has to offer, her life as a slave has been nothing but pain and death yet the blood of one last mark brings the promise of freedom. A man with strange abilities and no memories he is hunted to the ends of the world and accused of crimes he cannot remember. He will stop and nothing to find the truth. A prince who leads armies to battle, raids villages and slaughters his enemies in the name of his homeland soon finds one enemy for which his sword is useless.