Two hundred years after the event chronicled in Deathstalker Destiny, it is a Golden Age for the Human Empire. The Empire is at peace with all the worlds in its domain, embracing clones, espers, aliens and former bitter enemies. Lewis Deathstalker is a remote descendant of the legendary Owen and foremost among the Paragons, an elite force of noble warriors in service to a benevolent constitutional monarchy. Douglas Campbell, grandson of Robert and Constance and a noted Paragon in his own right, has misgivings about his upcoming coronation. But before he becomes king, the Paragons of the Empire's home world of Logres must deal with a brutal psychic attack from the ELFs, a fanatical splinter group of espers bent on overthrowing the human regime. And as the new king, Douglas will make a fateful decision, unwittingly spawning an enemy more dangerous than any he's ever known.