King's magician, Harlock Cooper, the greatest magician that ever lived - has just died.
Now it's in the hands of the aged and weary Grand Magic Master, Wenward Marning, to scour the kingdom and find a suitable replacement in time to prevent a war. He sets out on the task with the knowledge that he can never find anyone as great as Harlock Cooper.
Or can he?
Marning meets Rat, a curious, rough-tempered street boy with a particularly keen talent for magic. Torn by grief, rage and the desire for revenge, Rat reluctantly places his loyalties to his street family aside and focuses on becoming the kingdom's magical champion. However, there is more to Rat than meets the eye, and he is the only one who can uncover who - or what - he truly is.
Together, Rat and Marning, boy and elder, work through their differences as they face a slowly unraveling web of conspiracy, treason, betrayal and revenge: and along with it, the dark reality of a terrible curse coming their way.
In a world at war, one man is given a task straight from the sovereign himself. The task, To not let anyone win their freedom in the Chrysalis tournament. Now to Koa Cahir, this seems like a simple enough task, win the tournament and earn the Sovereign's favor once more, but Koa is not the only one desperate to win.
A Narva warrior, Haizen Rorik, intends to win his freedom back at all costs. After a year of imprisonment in Stormvault Mountain, he will stop at nothing to escape and exact his revenge upon the nation of Kelra, the Isles are just a stepping stone in his path.
But the Isles are not at all what they seem. When competitors start to disappear, this fight to win becomes a desperate fight for survival. Alliances will be made, trust will be broken, and old secrets will be brought to light.