Tannon Dantfall is a half-elf, something the other elves of MelEska will never let him forget. Now orphaned, Tannon struggles through life until he one day is accused of murder in an act he alone witnessed. With the elven law enforcement and the true murderer—a supernatural creature named Umbramass—in pursuit, Tannon flees in hope of finding Sanctuary in Halladon; the human city of his birthplace. Only, new challenges await. A secret rebellion is fighting against the corruption and tyrannical rule of the land, and they want to conscribe Tannon into their ranks. On top of everything else, strange powers are surfacing in him from time to time, and no one seems to know what they are. Worse still, things are not what they look like.