Escaping his captors, Gabriel starts a new life only to find that threatened by the barbarians that chase him, but this time he has the help of a Kreston Knight with an enchanted blade...

But when peace comes at too high a price, how far will she go to keep it?

Meet Ravenwood, Pandora, Klea, Silvermain, Gabriel, and Raulph, friends and warriors in search of the fabled Great Seal of Iberion, stolen from the possession of their benefactor. Along the way they encounter all sorts of people - a reluctant prince, a dangerously ambitious earl, a manipulative teacher, a bard with dark secrets, a knight with a tarnished past. In their quest they become unwittingly entangled in a bitter war between the Rats and the Trolls and soon must learn what their own characters are truly made of.