Cassie McCullagh

As you say, it begins on this battlefield where there's just been an absolute massacre between the forces of these different kingdoms and the Firemane kingdom has been defeated.

Very soon we see the entire Firemane royal family slaughtered on a gallows by the troops and no one's really happy about it.

Everyone's sort of being cold.

Yeah.

Yeah, and there's goodies on the battlefield who've had to be part of this.

So there's a lot of tension.

But a baby is slipped into a tent and whisked away.

And this is the last remaining, we think, child of the Firemane dynasty.

And his name's Hartu.

Is that how you read that?

Look, I always guess with these things.

But yes, Hartu, I would say.

Hartu Shuley Firemane is his full name.

And he's sent away to live with this baby.

sort of shadow kingdom.

Yes, and this kingdom wields a lot of power in doing that, but covertly.

So he's sent to this school where you learn to be an assassin, mafioso type and slink through towns and collect information.

And there he makes two fantastic friends, one of which is a guy called Dante, who is much bigger than Hattu.

And there's also a girl, Hava, who has a special talent to kind of, well, what is she like?

And soon enough, these three are separated and they go out into the world and their odyssey begins, their destinies begin to unfold.