Sylvia was a serving wench, tending day after day to the old and failing wizard, Rangoth. She longed to learn how to perform wizardry as well — pull herself out of the hopeless future looming in front of her.

At an entertainment of imps for Lord Mason, she is suddenly cast into the middle of a feudal battle for the control of an outland fief. As she struggles, she learns that there is something deeper at stake — the fate of the entire galaxy.