Roken has lived a life of tribulation and has found the source of his pain, the Storyteller. The storyteller is in charge of writing the lives of everyone, but Roken refuses to live his destiny any further. Roken and his brother, Arthur, are now on a quest to find the Storyteller and take control of their own destiny.
Arthur has failed to protect his brother Roken from the insidious Godmonger. A mysterious pair of strangers saves Arthur from a deadly fall and introduces him to their city in the trees. But can Arthur trust them? And why do they have a basement full of incapacitated people?