An ancient evil. Two unlikely heroes. Dual quests that could save the world or bring about its doom. Callan can’t shake his sense of unease. Serving as a wardkeeper for his village, the keen-sighted youth patrols the outskirts alert for danger from wild beasts and the deadly plagued swamps that swallowed up his little sister. So after a monster comes out of the bogs and attacks two children, the dedicated protector sets out on a journey to gain help from a mysterious earth mage. Vasha burns with impatience. At last granted a chance to go on a mission to mend magical breaches, the novice monk is thrilled to have her genius finally recognized. But after taking a tumble into one of the terrifying rifts, the young prodigy sees a frightening vision of a coming apocalypse. Accompanied by friends, Callan fights his way to the wise woman, only to learn the world depends on him learning to wield a long-lost power. And as Vasha struggles to understand what she has foreseen, the realm-shifting aspirant fears the only means to save existence may be with heretical magic. Can these forthright adventurers follow their divergent paths to stop the land from becoming a mass grave?