Quinn is a middle-aged man living a simple life on his farm with his loving wife and their five children. But Quinn is a man with a secret, one that has come back to haunt him and threaten what he loves most in life. Twenty years ago Quinn helped his friend, Torrin Murgleys, conquer the kingdom of Gairloch. But Torrin proved to be unworthy both as friend and king. So Quinn and Midori, an elvin woman pregnant with Torrin’s child, fled from Gairloch and in their flight fell in love. Now the unexpected arrival of Aragon, a powerful wizard and Torrin’s brother, once again disrupts their peace. Aragon is searching for Keenan, the son Torrin sired and Quinn reared as his own. Over their protests, Aragon persuades Keenan and Quinn to help him steal an axe of cursed magic in order to reduce the expanding menace of Torrin’s evil empire.