Simon, a young kitchen boy and magician's apprentice, finds his dreams of great deeds and heroic wars becoming an all too shocking reality in a terrifying civil war.
A tale of good and evil, being and unbeing, and the forces of light and darkness, set in the realm of Osten Ard, which is ruled by the undead Sithi ruler Ineluki the Storm King.
The loyal allies of Prince Josua desperately struggle to rally their forces at the Stone of Farewell against the evil minions of the undead Sithi Storm King.