Chapter 1

Shunned and treated as an outcast for much of her life, Ryuu Knightmore doesn't necessarily consider herself a "people person". But one fateful day near her home in the Sha'han mountains, she helps a strange man who is being hunted by soldiers from Lohikma. Driven out of her home, Ryuu sets out on a journey with this new stranger and her brother, Rajnish, to discover why they are being targeted. Little does she realize that the roots of conspiracy run deep. In order to stop the power hungry ruler of Lohikma from sending the world into fiery chaos under the heel of tyranny, she must unite all thirteen lands of Cephalia; a task much easier said than done...