The ashes still smolder in the conquered city of Eriden, crown jewel of the Kingdom of Crysin. Meanwhile, Jayden Rionthorne, heir to the throne, fights to maintain his sanity in a dark cell. Not only must he escape and find the help he needs to wrest control of the kingdom back from the minions of the one who betrayed them, he must do so in time to prepare his people against the rapidly approaching Day of Darkness, when demons will pour forth from the netherworld to eliminate all of humankind.