In a world where power lies in cards, authority and influence depend directly on the deck one has collected.
But the twelve-year-old Arthur can only dream of magical cards, because in a border village where condemned convicts live, all that awaits him is a hungry existence and hard labor in the fields.
Everything changes when, by pure chance, he gets a card of legendary rank—one that opens up a whole new world to the boy, full of opportunities and risks. Now, to survive and become stronger, he must become a true master. A master of all trades.
However, was that card really as accidental as it seems when it ended up in Arthur’s hands—or is someone’s plan behind it? After all, the card itself is by no means unfamiliar to him, and the boy is far from as simple as he thinks...