As his town pariah, Raven decided a long time ago that would take the first chance he'd get to leave his hometown. Yet in the embrace of this chance, he is thrown in the claws of a rapidly growing new threat. An advancing empire hungry for land, power and a reason many do not understand. Before long, Raven finds himself on his adventure with a zoologist, his feline pet and a mysterious girl through an estranged world inundated danger, myths and fantasy.