<p>Royce Eldridge was a simple blacksmith.&nbsp; He and his wife had never been lucky enough to have children of their own so when he discovered an orphaned baby on the side of the road after a trip to market he and his wife were glad to open their arms and hearts but they knew there was more to the child&rsquo;s story.&nbsp; Sworn to keep a terrible secret they raised the child named Mordecai as their own never telling him the full truth about how he was orphaned or who his parents were.</p><p>As a young man Mordecai began to develop in extraordinary ways leading him to questions that couldn&rsquo;t be answered by the simple story he had been given.&nbsp; In the course of seeking the truth he will find love and treachery as events conspire to draw him into a battle for the future that he never expected.&nbsp; Beset on all sides by enemies and allies trying to control or destroy his future he must make choices that will damn some and save others.</p><p>Will the world be worth saving if it costs him the very reasons he has for living in it?</p>