Mancers strive against the natural order. Biomancers, pathomancers, and diplomancers reign over the world imposing their might upon the helpless. The orphaned M4-Z3, Maze, sits solemnly within the confines of his prison as a slave. Trained in manipulation and murder, tortured to draw out a new path of power for the Pathomancer kingdom, he is content with the only life he has ever known. Yet, unforeseen circumstances, force him from the shadows and drives him to embrace his own path while forging another into a terror that threatens to destabilize the worlds balance.