Slade Maxwell is a noble and a senior in college who's expected to graduate and be next in his family to work for the queen. His desperation to escape that path leaves him unprepared for class, but when his classmate, a chiseled warrior by the name of Douglassaire Hart, asks their professor about an ancient sword called the Djed Key, Slade pays close attention. The sword is a mythical relic that's said to have brought magic to the world, and its secrets could be Slade's ticket out. He joins up with Douglassaire, wondering what else he knows. And, should he open himself to the warrior, will...