<p><strong><em>Forced to leave his home, a boy learns magic from a mysterious traveling old man.</em></strong></p><p>When a boy's family is killed, and his home destroyed by marauders, he begins a journey with a traveling old man.</p><p>As time and distance takes him further from his home, the boy strives to learn everything he can from the old man before he dies.</p><p>What will he do if the old man dies, despite his best efforts?</p>