Shattering under the weight of debt, drug addiction, & death, the rock band Karma has one last shot to make it...until their lead singer, Vao Carvalo, is kidnapped by a psychopathic wizard claiming that Vao is a missing king, and who is desperate to keep Vao and his bandmates enmeshed in lies and deceit. Now trapped in a world where the Land is alive & any move could bring lethal consequences, Vao struggles against magic, lies, & conspiracy to free himself & uncover the wizard's deadly secret, a secret that will convince Vao to abandon all he has ever known... ...even if he must sacrifice his life and sanity to do it."