This is a tale of floating lands, adventurous swordsmen and hopeless romantics. It is a battle between the truth and the lie, as the fragile balance of life and death tilts back and forth . . . Caim and Storm have surpassed the nightmares of Neverend Forest and find themselves standing before Trestles, the great Capital of Falia. From the secret of ancient alchemy gems to the meeting of a mysterious girl, Storm begins to see how their isolated past is deeply affecting the present. Villainous nobles inspire daring acts of heroism, and Caim soon realizes they have entered a world beyond anything he had ever imagined. It is a world of revolution and myth. It is a world of espionage and doubt. But most of all it is a world haunted by an age-old curse that has silently wrapped its cold, black nails around Soria. In a place where Nobility reigns supreme over those Cursed, can Caim and Storm perform the unprecedented and become the first Curseborn to ever enter the Two Worlds Tournament?