The High Kingdom of Faiden awakens after eight hundred years of dormancy, and Princess Vera hears its desperate plea for help. Driven by her mystical birthright, she leaves the safety of her seclusion to answer its call, unaware that the dark lord who now rules her kingdom was once her beloved brother, Sayron... or of the terrible price that must be paid to restore the tools she will need to defeat her enemyKenneth finds himself at the mercy of the ruthless dark lord. High Lord Sayron insists the general is a prophet, and seems to know who Kenneth truly is and where his blood-kin are. Tortured nearly to death in order to unlock his potential, Kenneth quickly learns his ability to see into the present and the future can be used by the dark lord without his cooperation. His only hope is to find a way to turn his prophetic gift against his captor. Luckily, in the throes of his devastating powers, he glimpses the fall of the dark lord and the rise of the Heir of Faiden.