Synopsis:

In the floating city of Shaedra, last remnant of a once great civilization of Kahn which was destroyed in a cataclysm, young prince Castian and his little sister Sari learn the news that their father, king Elerun was murdered during a visit to their settlement on the island of Briennes. While going to their father's funeral, the children get dragged into court intrigue, and fleeing for their life, run into the native people of the Briennes, the mysterious Liestas, the Bright Ones, and their counterparts Deias, the Dark Ones...