Before Stone trained Kara Magari or taught the First Vagabond to master the Blood loyalty, he was nothing more than a slave boy named Terric. Terric is a curious loner hellbent on reading his master's forbidden books. When one heist goes wrong, Terric abandons his old life and runs for freedom-only to fall prey to a ruthless man named Niccoli. Niccoli is an isen-a creature of magic from the hidden world of Ourea-and he awakens within Terric an unimaginable...