Changes in the life of sixteen-year-old Lars Carver began when messengers of the Divine Flesh, the head of the galactic Imperium, arrived on the planet Alluvia, where he was born and raised. Lars was among the chosen ones who must go to Montis - the capital planet of the Imperium - to serve the lord of the Shimmering Throne. The young farmer could not even imagine what this “service” consisted of and what unexpected turn further events would take. Fate made him an instrument in the hands of those who want change, Lars’ life flowed, or rather, rushed along a completely different channel - and there was nowhere to retreat. And ahead is the Shimmering Throne...