Jack is on the run from his village, chased by the Queen's hunters. On the brink of death, he is rescued by a mysterious person. He wakes in the Headquarters of the House of Cards, a group of teenagers who are part of a prophecy created by the King, murdered by the Queen. Jack and the fellow Cards are the only hope for a kingdom crumbling into the darkness of a mysterious force, manipulated by the Queen. When Jack finds himself to be the bomb to trigger the beginning of the quest foretold by the prophecy, he discovers that he must find the King's daughter in order to restore the throne to the force of light, and must prepare himself for the great sacrifice that lies ahead of him.