After eons of waiting, King Algirak has come to destroy Caloria, the world of the living; he deigns to use the omnipotent artefact Dyosius to rend the world asunder, split the multiverse, and step into the Red Court of the deity Azafel in a contest of power only ever dreamt of by the many Etherian Gods presiding over the realms... There is one chance to stop him, one hope alone — a boy in Caloria, a boy named Cedric Valenkir... But will stopping Algirak be enough to stop the torrent of violence trailing after him? Or will it only serve to expedite it, and to bring more of those ancient Sylvet Gods to war? Only the Hierarchy of Fates can truly know for certain. And Cedric is going to start by breaking it apart.