In a world suffering under the oppression of its ruling mages, an unlikely hero emerges. Drom has been ridiculed his entire life by those around him, by both the sorvinian people of his father's lands and his mother's human kin alike. With no people and no place to call his own, he sets off to make his way in an unforgiving world. Quickly finding himself in danger, he is rescued by two unusual companions, a fiery feral woman and a mysterious assassin, whose hidden past carries with it an agenda of its own. Now Drom and his companions must find a way to escape the powerful mages that hunt them, and Drom must discover a way to unlock the secret magic deep within him, the awesome power of the battle mage.