Enter a world of shotpowder, skyships, and sorcery. Amateur, hot-tempered, criminal Zephyrin Vaz is conscripted against his will and forced into a military school where those gifted in mystic arts are weaponized. Desperate to save his ailing mother and search for his lost, war hero, father, he must learn to fight, evade Imperial eyes, and make the right allies before what's dear to him crumbles to dust.