John Arrowsmith is a happy-go-lucky biker, living in the town of Courtenay on Vancouver Island. He builds motorcycles and enjoys a wide and odd range of music, and is generally content with his life. But lately a strange and almost desperate urge to travel has come upon him, so he sets out on his bike to an unknown destination, leaving behind his home and adoptive parents. He will end up farther from home than he ever knew he could go on a motorcycle, finding himself in a strange land of magic, elves, dragons and shape-shifters. Plagued by nightmares he cannot understand, he slowly learns to fit into this new world. But the urge to travel is upon him again, and he has no choice but to follow that need. Leaving behind his new friends and a lover, he sets out across the open plains. Soon however he will find himself facing ghosts, dwarves, and the mysterious White Palace, a thousand year old city that is the home of the Wizard-King of Dargoth and his enigmatic Court. There he will learn something about himself that will change him forever.