This first novel in the Noble Warriors sequence begins when sixteen-year-old Seeker's older brother is publicly humiliated and--with no explanation--exiled from the Nomana, a revered order of
warrior monks. Seeker refuses to believe that his beloved older brother is capable of committing a betryal that would warrant such severe consequences, so he sets off alone on a journey to
rescue his brother and find out at last what really happened. Along the way he meets two other young people who are on quests oftheir own, and in a shocking turn of events, the three are soon
caught up in a harrowing and bloody race to save the Nomana--and themselves--from destruction.