Livi is the son of a poor farmer and a suspected witch who lives a hoodlum life style of taking what he wants and questioning magical authority. When his father becomes terribly ill with something seemingly magical, he has no choice but to attempt the most treasonous act of breaking into the palace of Arumnia. Once there he asks the Oracle how to save his father, but rather than a cure he receives a prophesy. Now, he must quest to find a fated object from the generations old war against magic before someone else does, lest a new war erupt under the Reign and conspiracy of Queen Merron. She will stop at nothing to have this object and won't allow her husband King Octavius IV to defer the line of succession away from her only son. Now everyone's out for royal blood, and the riches promised by Queen Merona for capturing her latest scapegoat. No one knows who he is yet, but a bounty sits firmly on his head and time is running out as the queen's plot to assassinate the king draws nearer. if Livi is to discover his identity and save his father, he must find the only surviving heirloom of the Arumnias royal family. The Lost Crown.