A world in the cusp of civil war. A desert city with a dangerous secret. A young man falls from the sky.  William is a man of whom little is known save that he fell from the sky into the Wastes, a vast, continent-sized desert that is host to many a danger. He is retrieved by Joscur, who brings him back to the desert oasis city of Mirage, where not all is as it seems.  Far off beyond the horizon, three brothers of noble birth wage a civil war that will engulf the whole world and alter the course of history forever.  As this war looms over the world, William seeks the unknown within Mirage, a series of events that will set into motion changes which may have larger implications for the entire world than imperial civil war. Book 1 of 4