In 2040, Avalon dominates the world-except for the South Asian Union, the last bastion of freedom. On his thirteenth birthday, Sidharth Zou's peaceful life in Jodhpur comes to an abrupt halt as war breaks out.

Dragged into a destiny that has been millennia in the making, he stands in a world where he and his sister Aisha are forced to survive. Impossible choices await them as they are fated to face their past. Yet in this cruel and twisted world, they are brought to what even their oppressors cannot destroy—humanity's struggle and their power to overcome.

After all, in the end, this is still the story of a boy, who is trying to find his place in the world.