By opening an inconspicuous door and discovering an old defense control center, two teenagers, Hishan Lid and Serg Rakin, changed their ordinary lives forever. One of them, because of newly discovered magical abilities, is forced to flee the planet Lada with his father so as not to fall into the hands of the Zealots of the Faith; the other is bound for the Imperial Academy on the capital planet Sarg. But neither they nor those around them will be bored. Adventures—and what adventures they are!—are only just beginning.