On an ordinary day in the middle of an ordinary city in an ordinary world, James Richards is kidnapped When next he wakes up he finds himself in another world, one completely different from his Earth. Stuck in this new world called Arollay and somehow imbued with one of the two powers that the people of this land all have, James Richards must learn to live a new life-without any technology to speak of and none of the luxuries he is used to. Arollay is split into two countries, each with its own unique powers, and split by war between the northern country of Gattar and the Southern country of Intaru. James' new powers are identified as those of Gattar's and he has landed smack dab in the heart of Intaru and must now escape to the safety of the northern country. Now he must learn to cope with his outlandish powers while on the run from Intaru's Elite fighting force, the deadly Shai'lun-shadow creatures never before seen in Arollay-and the mysterious person that brought him to Arollay in the first place.