A young man's journey to become an apprentice is just the first step in an adventure that takes him to the Royal City and on to Gilgamar, the Seventh City. Leaving home in the company of his uncles, he journeys to meet Sir Henry, the man he will apprentice himself to . An urgent request for help from Lady Mariana sends the pair on an adventure to try and free her from the grasp of the scheming Governor of Gilgamar.