Prologue

Once marked by its military strength, Antis is a nation rotting from the inside. In its martial stagnancy, enemies have infiltrated at every level and slowly choked out any Touched geniuses or reformers. In a desperate bid for salvation a mother finds the legendary temple hidden in the desert, and gives her life for the hope she finds there. Sixteen years later her son learns the truth of his past and sets out to stop the corruption at its source or die trying.