Nels Hunter is a man that has never been able to move past his disturbing childhood-that is until he meets Casandra. She takes him traveling to worlds that introduce him to a magical power greater than he can imagine, and cultures he never knew existed. As they grow closer, Nels' past continues to haunt him, following even into these distant lands. The terrifying dreams and visions, he thought he left behind, begin to reemerge with a greater intensity than ever before. Calling him back home to a life of fear, trying desperately to keep him away from the life full of joy he now wants to lead. And just as he sees a way of escape through this magic, he is confronted by his worst fear. The evil that has subverted him his whole life has now captured Casandra, his one true love, and it is up to him to save her from a fate worse than death-a stark, colorless world of eternal loneliness.