When a simpleton prince has a vision that his father, the King, turns into military strategy, he is hailed as a seer. But no one realises that his visions are merely poetic retellings of history lessons learned from his timid tutor, who becomes a reckless manipulator of the boy's visions. Magdin soon becomes a helpless pawn in a game of savage political intrigue. When his prophecies become more and more ominous, no one is safe as desperation and murder thunders throughout the kingdom.