Nicholas is a sixteen year old mage in training when the future comes looking for him. They tell him he's not going to be a great man, his son is. They tell him he's going to die, a mere footnote in a grand tale of overcoming odds and right versus wrong.

But Nicholas doesn't care overly much about being great, or living a long life, he just wants to have fun with his friends. Evil high mage who? Time travelling son where? But it's becoming a bit difficult to ignore things when the high mage is spreading his influence over the world and Nicholas' son is toppling governments.

Honestly, Nicholas is an optimist so…things could be worse.