For centuries, evil has reigned in the empire of Galilea. But one day, Isaac, a young farmer, discovers a magnificent stone deep in the forest. It was so smooth and beautiful, rippling with blue and violet! Fascinated, he takes it to Carleone, the village where he lives with his aunt and cousin. How could he guess that it was an egg, and that a phœnix carrying an ancestral heritage as old as the Empire itself was about to hatch? Isaac's life is turned upside down. Forced to leave his family behind, he embarks on a quest that will take him to the farthest reaches of Galilee. Along with his phoenix, the boy will have to face the terrible enemies sent by the king, whose malevolence knows no bounds. Isaac is only 16, but the fate of the Empire now rests in his hands.