Vitano is a great city and the last stronghold of humanity. The city lives by the power of the guild of mages, the efforts of the city council, and the fortress of the city walls that separate Vitano from the Waste Lands. Beyond the city walls there is no life. Vinny knows this as well as any other townsman.
But fate brings Vinny an unwanted gift. By accident, a young man ends up outside the city. The World of the Waste Lands turns out to be nothing like what the authorities of Vitano had painted it to be. The ideas about how the world is arranged that were drilled into him from early childhood turn out to be fiction.
Vinny is stunned. He comes to terms with the new world, while behind his back intrigues are already weaving and incredibly powerful forces are lifting their heads—because an innocent walk outside the city for many may turn out to be fateful.