Set in the world of Kevin Crawford's tabletop RPG Godbound, and a year after the events of Conquest of the Eternal Samurai in The Thaumaturge chronology. Fikre Soro had just turned 18. His home kingdom, Ancalia, is the most prosperous state in Arcem. Everything changes for him, however, when ancient magics protecting his world from a previously unknown power break, releasing the Words of Creation onto his world at random. Fikre is transformed into divinity and his body is morphed into a huge dragon, causing his townsmen to drive him out. However, a mysterious man known only as The Lich gathers the new gods of the world and unites them under one pantheon. Fikre and his companions must uncover The Lich's vile plot for world domination, all while the countries of the world war over a newly discovered mysterious suit of armor that possesses incredible power...