Andrew Weaver and Connor Duncan were left at an orphanage while their fathers went off to save the world. Andrew’s father never made it back and Connor’s father was horribly wounded, but survived.
Years later, we meet seventeen year old Andrew and eighteen year old Connor wandering the countryside. They take a swim, and Connor loses his big toe to a giant snapping turtle. Just as he’s about to bleed out, his father Jacob shows up to save the day.
Jacob Duncan (Connor’s father) retains his alias of Jacob Miller, essentially lying to Connor and Andrew about his true identity. Jacob introduces the boys to a magical shield and book that he and Andrew’s father found years ago when they traveled to the Kingdom.
With the help of the magical items, Jacob convinces Andrew and Connor that saving the world is possible, and now’s the time.
They all head out together across an unforgiving desert landscape where they are eventually joined by an imposing figure known only as a Wanderer. With the help of the Wanderer, Jacob, Andrew and Connor are escorted to the Kingdom.
When they execute their plan, everything goes wrong. Connor is banished into the desert, Jacob is mortally wounded and Andrew is left to die outside the Hero’s Chamber. Connor and Andrew also learn the truth about Jacob’s identity, and needless to say it’s a real shocker.
Due to a series of improbable events, our Wanderer is revealed to be a young woman named Kaya Elbe. Kaya becomes overly involved in the circumstances at play and takes an enormous leap of faith.
Andrew also takes a huge leap of faith and both he and Kaya restore the Kingdom and save Jacob’s life. In the process, they free Kaya’s village from an ageless burden, restore hope to a dying world and become unsuspecting pawns in a master plan that’s been playing out for more than twenty thousand years.
As we leave our Heroes, Connor is hopelessly stranded in the desert wastelands, while Andrew, Kaya and Jacob are about to embark on an amazing journey with an extraordinary being.