A thousand years... ...since the Children of Mother left the Garden, the Millennium Kingdom is on the brink of civil war. Magic is forbidden by the Queen, but that will not stop the Duke Dereth. Records of the Ancients are almost as dangerous as their weapons, and Her Majesty is prepared to use the elite knights of S.W.O.R.D. to intervene. Prince Jadian does not want his throne, but is even more reluctant to let his mother continue to wield its power...