In the chaotic years after the War of Souls, with goblins raiding fortified cities and bandits ruling the countryside while Solamnia's nobles bicker, the fugitive knight Jaymes Markham searches for a secret power that might set the realm right. Aided by a steadfast dwarven companion and a white-robed wizard wielding a flaming sword, Jaymes has to outrun his own powerful enemies just to get the chance to try.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources