Bethral is a mercenary, wise in the ways of weaponry and warfare. Ezren is a storyteller - and more, for the rarest magic, wild magic, runs through his body. But wild magic is uncontrollable - and deadly - and if Ezren is to survive, he will have to rid himself of it, or learn to wield it. Both options are nigh on impossible. And the unlikely couple find they have other, equally pressing concerns, for the portal that wrenched them from their home has dropped in the middle of the Plains. And it turns out the wild magic in Ezren is also of the Plains. And they want it back - even if they have to kill Ezren to do so!