A journeyman warcaster, Lieutenant James Tragger suddenly finds himself promoted to Captain and full warcaster, and placed in charge of the defence of Greyglen before a force of Khadoran soldiers. And just when he thinks it cannot get any worse, he is appointed a journeyman apprentice of his own.

When their travels through the ley lines beneath Immoren are unexpectedly interrupted, two Druids of the Circle Orboros find themselves before the Island of patch. In this strange new world there is only one thing the warlocks know how to do: Teach their new students in their arcane arts.