From a dying civilization where all evil was driven out in an apocalyptic war, a restless farm boy named Thaniel Kamen is called upon by an ancient warrior to do the unthinkable-return evil to their world, so that he might save their people. Making a harrowing journey to a planet racked by war and environmental devastation, Thaniel must face down Margus Dane, the malevolent scion who led their world to the brink of annihilation a millennia ago. In a confrontation that spans time and space, Thaniel must spill Dane's blood upon the warrior's sacred stone and return with it across the void in a desperate attempt to save his home. But Thaniel's mission didn't account for meeting a volatile, streetwise girl who awakens his heart, nor the cadre of young fighters who risk everything to join him in a battle that will reveal dark secrets from his family's past and decide the fate of two worlds...