Three enormous towers stand watch over the western coastline of the mighty Kingdom of Gacenar. No subject of the crown will go near them. Most believe they are plagued, haunted or worse. None live who have seen what they protect. The mystery has tormented kings and sorcerers alike for uncounted centuries.

Only a few ancient scholars know about the blood pact struck in times long forgotten. The devastating weapons reluctantly laid down by bitter and hateful enemies were finally hidden by the last survivor of the Shining Realm. The immortal war was stayed, but it will only end if the coveted arsenals remain concealed.

When a sixteen-year-old girl named Jessica Halloran mistakenly steps through an astral portal wearing a stolen celestium ring, the Iron Compact is broken. Old hatreds stir, provoking tremendous evil in deep places. Forces beyond human imagining once again plot their terrible vendettas. The only way to stop them is to return the artifact Jessica carries to its keeper, and to prevent any more of the deathly instruments in the immortal arsenals from falling into dangerous hands.

Even though the arbiter of the Iron Compact could restore order by simply putting the stolen jewelry back in its resting place, she also knows if ring and girl are separated, Jessica will die.

A tiny band of teenage adventurers has five days to find the answer.