Some 600 years after the Nea'thi people left their underground Enclaves and changed the course of Human history altogether, eighteen year old Jaseth, Lord's Heir of the small rural district of Jaelshead, has his entire life planned out for him. That is until the arrival of Charlie, a Nea'thi Mentor, bearing the incredible news that Jaseth is Nea'thi-Blood - one of the small fraction of the Human population that has the remarkable ability to use Nea'thi Magic - and must be taken to the nearest Capitol, Lille, to study at the Academy. For the eight Bloodkin and their Mentors, life in the big...