Fifty years ago, portals tore into our world, unleashing monstrous creatures. Humanity's salvation came in the form of the mages – individuals with the power to enter these rifts and harness the strange powers within. They wield spells from forgotten grimoires, combating threats with wand and incantation. Mages even use the mysterious crystals of the rifts to capture and tame the monsters within them. Adam Harrison, twenty, lived an ordinary life, oblivious to his latent magic. But when a rift outbreak throws his world into chaos, a surge of power reveals the unimaginable truth of his existence. Now, Adam must grapple with his newfound abilities and the unsettling questions they raise: What unleashed these rifts, and can their tide be stemmed? And why does Augura City alone stand untouched, a beacon of impossible safety amidst the encroaching chaos?