In the world of Aethermoor, the Veil — a three-thousand-year-old magical barrier between the mortal world and the consuming Void Below — is failing. Four young people, drawn together by ancient bloodlines and desperate circumstance, must cross a continent, repair the world's foundations, and face a man who believes destruction is salvation. Kael Dawnridge has spent sixteen years hiding a mark on his wrist that names him the last of the Runekeeper bloodline.