The three kingdoms of Alton Savia have lived in peace for generations; but now a dark force gathers in the North and threatens the Southern Alliance as rumours spread of the resurgence of the Order of the Obsidian Mask. Dorian longs to escape from the remote village he has known all his life and now a sudden turn of events catapults him into a strange and dangerous new world, a world of intrigue, magic and the unfaltering march of ten thousand men into battle. Who can turn the tide of war ...