What if magic were the only way to save the ones you loved? What if magic had failed generations ago, the great floating citadel nothing more than a pile of weathered rocks on an old man's farm? The ruthless Humaxan are convinced that magic is coming back and their pure bloodline puts them clearly in the forefront to inherit the powers of the ancient wizards. The only thing that stands in their way is an old farmer who lives his life in seclusion on the very site where the magic last flourished. When Pugnalitharen meets the exiled queen of the Humaxan, she reveals their greatest secret and their greatest fear. Pugnalitharen carries the name of a wizard along with the blood of the ancients. He's spent his life believing magic is long gone, but when the Humaxan single him out for elimination he has no choices but to believe that magic is returning. Can he pick up the mantle of the wizards of old and learn their secrets, or is doomed to fall like so many others?