Being a hero is a choice. Xinlas’s life goal is modest: he wants to be a living legend, revered in song and story. And he’s off to a good start. He faced death once, and won. His legend grew—at least in his own mind. Fame comes calling on Xinlas again, or so he thinks, when he stumbles on a hidden village. The village has a resource that no one’s ever seen before. A resource that can be used to conquer other lands. A resource that a power-mad ruler will kill for. Can Xinlas—with the help of a mysterious orange-haired girl he meets on a river—stop the man who would enslave millions? It will take a kind of courage found in legendary heroes. Will Xinlas become that hero, or break under the weight of his destiny? The fate of civilization rests on his choices.