Whoever controls the Game, rules the world. For centuries, the Republic and the Empire have been at war over the Middle Kingdom. They call it a Game. On both sides, the battles are led by the Rainbow Wizards, each color a symbol of a special talent. The Game, the powerful boards with a mind of their own, and the figures are the link between the wizards and the magic roots of the land. Like a Phoenix, the sentient boards burn and are born again each time a King is killed in battle. But this time everything went wrong, and the last time a new board failed to materialize, a whole continent disappeared in a violent cataclysm.
Raiden’s father and Vivani’s husband were killed in the last battle against the old tyrant King. An untried young man and a mother of two, they must fight their own battles now, just to survive. Raiden could have been a Rainbow Wizard, but there was an ancient power in him, little understood and much feared by the wizards. Guided by Vivani to become a Sword-dancer, Raiden must make his own way in the world as the Rainbow Wizards are determined to kill him. His journey goes along a path filled with conspiracy, revenge, magic and death. Securing his place will not be easy. Preventing the total destruction of the Middle Kingdom will be even harder.
Enter in a dark ancient story, one that has become a legend in a world filled with dangers, lurking in the shadows, in the light, and in the colors.
Whoever controls the Game, rules the world. For centuries, the Republic and the Empire have been at war over the Middle Kingdom. They call it a Game. On both sides, the battles are led by the Rainbow Wizards, each color a symbol of a special talent. The Game, the powerful boards with a mind of their own, and the figures are the link between the wizards and the magic roots of the land. Like a Phoenix, the sentient boards burn and are born again each time a King is killed in battle. But this time everything went wrong, and the last time a new board failed to materialize, a whole continent disappeared in a violent cataclysm.
Raiden’s father and Vivani’s husband were killed in the last battle against the old tyrant King. An untried young man and a mother of two, they must fight their own battles now, just to survive. Raiden could have been a Rainbow Wizard, but there was an ancient power in him, little understood and much feared by the wizards. Guided by Vivani to become a Sword-dancer, Raiden must make his own way in the world as the Rainbow Wizards are determined to kill him. His journey goes along a path filled with conspiracy, revenge, magic and death. Securing his place will not be easy. Preventing the total destruction of the Middle Kingdom will be even harder.
Enter in a dark ancient story, one that has become a legend in a world filled with dangers, lurking in the shadows, in the light, and in the colors.