A turning point has come in the political situation between the Elyr Empire and the Shaterian Caliphate. War has begun. And yesterday’s first-year mage students now have to go to a fort on the border of the two states to serve in the army… honestly, in a very uncertain capacity, since only two from the famous five have retained their abilities in the Art of the Craft.
Zachery Nikers has mastered an artifact capable of raising legions of the dead—but it turns out that everything has a price, including the power he has suddenly gained. And ahead of him await the dangerous Cursed Lands, populated by creatures mutated by constant magical influence, the search for the mysterious Temple of the Guardians, and participation in the confrontation of two Great Houses striving to seize the imperial throne.