Alice never belonged anywhere. All her life, from dealing drugs to hiding in college to going through the motions of a hollow engagement, she's only been waiting for something to happen. Now her fiance is dead, magic is real, and she's being attacked by monsters in her hospital room. Altair, an uncannily familiar stranger, tells her that she is a sage. Since antiquity, eight sages have been guardians of the earth, passing on their power through the ages over many lifetimes. Through music, they shape the world with their magic. He tells Alice the monsters hunt her because the impossible has happened. The other sages have disappeared, taken by a mysterious being rumored to be capable of destroying all of creation. Now, Alice is the last of the sages and she must realize her potential to save the heart of reality itself, but there's another problem. Even if her hands were whole, Alice can't sing a note.