The Shattered Gate: Book I follows the lives of four brothers, second generation landless nobles. The brothers leave their home and set out to find a new life in the uncertain territory lands, where they find magic and fantastical creatures still exist in the background, not yet banished to antiquity as the new world tries to step forward from the old. The brothers must find their own Destiny in a foreign land on the brink of war where muskets, sabres and etiquette make an empire, while greater forces work to reshape the lands. As with all realities, their actions dictate the future that they cannot yet possibly see. The Shattered Gate is a story of adventure, intrigue and courtly drama, where powerful, unseen forces emerge from centuries of obscurity to find a new hold in the world.