Hank and Thomas both sixteen both from loving families and both are subjects of a wizard's subtrefuge.

Hank is the eldest child on a farm in the southern shires where he excels at growing crops and livestock. His younger  'sister',Thierry,a fiery redhead is niether. The wizard young blood gifts to him a staff that changes his life forever.

Thomas the only son of a great northern lord execels at seeing details and getting to mischief. His partner in crime, Mariella, the lowly daughter of a wine merchant enchants him with beauty and warrior skills.

Thomas and Hank are linked in ways neither of them ever imagined. Their lives, as they know, are about to be revealed as lies and changed irreparaly.