The Crusade is called… Layten Grayread a papermakers son, Hopwell Lewin, a young noble, and Wiximinon Quilt, a former street gang leader make one unlikely trio. Yet somehow a friendship has grown between the three, a friendship that will now face the threat of mortal peril. Vilom, the Voice of Sartum, the gods voice made flesh, has ordered a crusade. The free lands of the North will march on the South, and wipe the threat of magic from Alos, once and for all. A crusade that all believe is doomed to fail. Because no one can answer a simple question, why now? In the shadows, plots are made, and uncovered. For things are moving, and a long worked for goal is close to completion. A goal that others have no intention of letting succeed. As the trio fight, learn and try to survive, a single question starts to be asked by those in power. Who is Layten Grayread?