Fate comes for everyone. But for sixteen-year-old Kael, it arrives in the shape of a card. When his grandfather dies under suspicious circumstances, Kael inherits more than a house full of secrets. He inherits a place in a hidden game played far beyond the rules of the physical world. Suddenly strangers know his name. Old debts surface. Shadows move with purpose. And the card he carries begins to pull him toward a realm where choices cut deeper than steel.