For the young mouse Karic, legends of the Mice Templar have merely been fantastic stories to hear and exciting games to play, as he envisions himself as a mythical warrior. Yet the Templar were real, and brought about their own destruction in a vicious civil war that left all mouse culture in the grip of brutal rat masters. But when Karic's family are taken into slavery, he realizes that their freedom lies in his own paws, if he can only find the courage to become a legendary Templar himself. Thus begins an extraordinary adventure of magic and wonder, of faith and valor, and of one small mouse whose destiny may change the world.