A faction of militant sorcerers abuse a loophole in the Grand Assembly's anti-slavery statute. With their powerful summoning magic, they abduct beings from foreign worlds and force them into servitude.

After suffering a grievous injury, Atlas is summoned into bondage and made to entertain cruel slavers through gladiatorial combat. Armed with a stolen brain implant and years of experience as an insurgent, he must free himself from his shackles and pave the way for a grand insurrection.