Taylan is a child of Carcia. A land where gods grant abilities in the form of Blessings to a select few - the ennobled elite. Although Taylan dreams of becoming a great Carcian hero - there is little chance of that for a farm boy from Kant. But Carcia is changing. Its borders threatened by Shadowlanders, a pale monstrous race all Carcians fear. And the gods are becoming mercurial. In these strange times maybe even a farm boy from Kant has a chance of becoming a great warrior of Carcia...