When tragedy decimates his family, Ejo blames himself and leaves his home to seek the peace he has lost. Instead he finds adventure and friendship with an ancient wizard who enlists him in a quest to save the world and restore the balance of magic on a beautiful island that houses the core of their world. On his journey he meets a breathtaking but accursed hybrid spider, a beautiful woman at arms and her soldier father, a towering cyclops, and most incredible of all, a tiny winged man. They band together as questors through inhospitable lands who will face dangers wrought by the evil let loose in their world. To reach their destination they must battle the elements, fight a dragon's spawn, face uncertain magic, make allies of mystical creatures and finally face the ultimate evil, the mother of all dragons.