"Fer, the Lady of the Summerlands, trusted the Lords and Ladies of her world to fulfill their oaths by removing their glamories. But their pledges have gone forsworn, and now the consequences of their broken promises are ravaging the land and it's up to Fer to restore peace before it's too late"-- Provided by publisher.

A young thief is drawn into a life of magic and adventure after picking the pocket of the powerful wizard Nevery Flinglas, who has returned from exile to attempt to reverse the troubling decline of magic in Wellmet City.

Connwaer, the young thief-turned-wizard's apprentice, escapes from prison and follows the call of magic to the distant and mysterious Dragon Mountain on a quest to save Wellmet from Arhionvar, dread magic that can destroy the city.