Seven Kingdoms. Eight villages. One war. A thousand years ago. * * * Welcome to Lyriel. A universe containing eight villages; Charlotte, Jane, Madeleine, Aeris, Kane, Kalliope, Marylynn, & Noon, as well as seven Kingdoms. A thousand years ago, a war broke out, destroying the eighth village, yet people still come from it. For what? Well, for The Game. Fifteen year-old Kor has one wish: not to get taken on the Gloom, something which one any stupider could call a holiday. An event, maybe, at the most. Each year, a girl of the age of fifteen would be taken. To where? No one knows. Maybe she'll find out this year. Maybe she'll uncover legends and history long forgotten. Maybe she'll save the world.