Eve is breaking on a time of fragile peace amongst the nations, and an old enemy that once conquered the world is returning. All that stands in the way of complete domination are a young knight with a traumatic past who has sworn to defend others so they might not suffer the way he did, a princess tangled in the web of political schemes and responsibilities to the throne, and a former gladiator who won his freedom but at a cost that haunts his every waking hour. The task of heroes has fallen to the untested, the unprepared, and the unworthy. Even if they find victory, will the world be the same as it was before?