Trevor Blake has always known he possessed magical gifts. For instance,
he can conjure objects at a distance. But since he was young, he has
suppressed his magic lest it draw hostility from the skeptical and
ungifted and intolerant. In the small farming community where Trevor
lives with his family, the practice of magic is forbidden – sometimes from fear... or jealousy.
Most of the gifted, known as Adepts, practice their arts far away in the big cities.
In fact, it is in the bustling coastal city of Port-of-Lords that Trevor
has heard of a group of the gifted that have banded together in a secret underground community of adepts. Practicing their art among their own
and under the cloak of secrecy, they are able to perfect and master
their chosen gifts, perhaps reaching levels of art they could never have imagined.
Buoyed with letters of introduction from influential
relatives, Trevor boldly makes his way to Port-of-Lords, intent on
joining the Community. Happily his best friend, Les Simonton, has agreed to join him on the journey. But no sooner have the boys arrived than
the trouble begins. The kind of trouble that Trevor – even with his
formidable magic – may be powerless to prevent.