In the village of Placitan, the draft has come, taking the young men away to war. On the wind swept Black Mountain, the monks watch as the conscription ships arrive to take them into the Juian horde.

The peaceful forest land of Kaletonia finds itself thrown into a war against the massive might of the Kingdom of Ju.

Aster and her brother Telor are swept up into the chaos as the conflict soon grows until the whole of the island of Yaja and its three kingdoms are in flames.

Simple farmers children, peaceful monks, wily diplomats, generals, necromancers, kings, queens and princesses all feature in this wide ranging epic tale of war and peace.

Will the Middle Kingdom survive or be crushed under the advancing horde from the north?