Secrets, hatred, and war combine to bring a world and two civilizations to the brink of collapse. Through a haze of prejudice, deceit and politics, an unlucky street urchin befriends the princess who stands at a crossroads that will lead either to salvation or destruction.Amid the political machinations of a trade meeting between four nations, a sudden and violent attack incites a world war, and only Hale, a misplaced psyonic surrounded by those who would kill him should his identity be found out, possesses the ability to save more than just his own life.