Since the Great Division of two generations past, the mystical Cademist people have mostly kept to themselves, content to maintain their traditions and sacred knowledge in hidden enclaves scattered throughout the Unknown Lands. When a prophecy stirs the dominant Regalist Regime to upset this tenuous balance by launching a series of increasingly violent campaigns to locate and destroy every last Cademist, a powerful young leader is forced to concoct a plan to both honor her people's heritage of non-aggression and protect their way of life. But will she be forced to abandon her destiny to help...