Fourteen-year-old Aleryck is good with a slingshot and at herding goats, but not much else. When the mysterious voice of 'The Ancient' tasks him with inscribing words of freedom on a magical tablet, he starts to believe he is important ... more important even than his elder brothers. Then the Ancient asks Aleryck to hide the tablet in Medar--beyond the perilous Chasm--for a future generation, forcing Aleryck to reluctantly seek the help of...