As Joseph left the apartment he shared with his mother, he assumed it would be just another ordinary day at his upper-level Empire school. Although his incredibly realistic dreams of a great battle and men armed with swords had not yet impacted his young life in any profound way, Joseph never imagined how much his life was about to change.
While visiting a teacher's home to read forbidden books, Joseph is shot by an Empire soldier and carried away to safety by a group of strange men very much like those he had seen in his dreams. This is just the beginning of his whole world being turned upside down.
The suggestion by the imposing men that the king who was assassinated by the emperor was their leader and directing their actions was a shocking revelation to him. Even more unbelievable was their claim that he was meant to join their effort in restoring the shattered kingdom. Would he be able to rise to the occasion and accept his calling? In some mysterious way, it seemed as if everything was depending upon it.
