A king is slain. An evil usurper rules the Eagle Throne. And the prince who is the rightful heir to the crown faces certain death. Now dark times fall upon the lands of Mandysa. Peasants and aristocrats alike find themselves joined by unlikely comrades as a great revolution threatens to destroy the realm, and in the final struggle for supremacy, they must battle not only the usurper and his legions, but also a sentient gemstone that possesses the magical powers of an alien world.