Ryson Valence watched his older brother die in a cave. Speared by a trap meant to kill any who dared breach the final resting place of a long dead sorceress. A trap that Ryson fully knew of when he lead the expedition down. Being a Seer has its perks on occasion. Even if being a halfling, a spy and Magyk-touched mystic are less than desirable traits among even the lowest of the Rollands. However, his half-brother isn't dead. The jewel that Ryson saw destroy the land is in his crown, and now he's on a mad quest with several friends, more enemies, and an old woman to kill his brother before the visions of darkness that haunt them become much more than dreams.