In the battle-weary world of Dracos, filled with dragons and wizards and magical creatures, a young boy named Tanis Thalin is born into violence. His planet Dracos resembles Earth, but houses a civilization far advanced into the future. Tanis becomes the ruler of three kingdoms before he perishes in battle. His wife bore him twin boys who later become estranged. The twins end up ruling small city states, but in the end, they almost...