As a former mercenary, Dane strived for a comfortable life for his family. Now, as a plague reanimating the dead spreads through the realm of Akreya and a mad king imposes martial law on the magically-gifted, Dane is forced from his quiet life and thrown into a battle unlike any he has fought before.
His own daughter being a magi, Dane works with a secret organization to send her away to the hidden city of Etzekel. With his home city of Eden crumbling, he must go searching for her.
Unsure of Etzekel's location, Dane battles through blockades of soldiers and masses of the undead, all while being hunted by a zealot general who will stop at nothing to exterminate the magi.
Nowhere is safe, lives are lost, and nothing is as it seems as Dane's journey takes him farther than he has ever gone before and mysteries unfold to bring him face-to-face with the cause of the plague.