An ancient, mysterious library, housing books with a secret mission, overlooks and defends the surrounding city. The Chief Librarian, a wise master, protects the Spiral Library from attacks by Kal, a treacherous and eternal enemy determined to conquer it. One morning the library's long-silent "Golden Gong" sounds. It is announced that the last two Chief Librarian successors have disappeared without a trace and a new candidate must be selected. Without a new Chief Librarian, the line of librarians will be broken and all will be defenseless. No one explains or questions this crisis except one...