Boy just
survived the life with the magician Valerian. Boy lives in The City, doesn't even
know his real name, and is wandering
if its true that he is the son of Valerian, like his new master Kelper's said right before Valerian was killed. He was glad that he
survived, but only later to find himself in deeper trouble. Without even knowing how, Boy is taken to the palace where Emperor Frederick lived. There he discovered that he was there for a purpose, he must read The Book and find out about his past. But there're loads of people that's in his way: Maxim, the Phantom, Willow, Kelper, and the Emperor himself. What he does not
know is that each of their fates are connected in the most complicated, unpredictable way.