Leilas Leyson's dream is to become a master crafter in the School of Sky. But she is not destined to realize that goal. Prophecies within Preterlandis have fated her to become the one chosen to find the pieces to the staff of power and to help restore the balance between the light and dark forces of magic, which have become perilously unbalanced. The masters at the School of Sky believe this is to be a battle of men against men, crafters against crafters, but Leilas learns that the prophecy is about much more. Evil that was introduced into the world at the Chasm of Ceryk by an evil crafter has corrupted the pure dark magic and is tearing the world apart. Together with the four crafters who were with the Creator in the beginning, a young warrior and a healer she has never met, Leilas must help restore the balance between the light and dark magic before the light magic is lost forever. First Comes the One Who Wanders is the first book in the Saga of Preterlandis series.

Vanya is a healer, the daughter of a healer who lives in the Drakmoth Mountains. She has been given the task by the Creator to find the Words of Power. When Rengailai tore open the land, evil was introduced into the magic and that evil has slowly been destroying the balance between the light and dark magic. When Vanya finds the Words of Power, she must go to Mt. Pyrion with Leilas, who has the Staff of Power and try to undo the damage that has been done to the land. While she searches for the Words of Power, the Dark Lord's army is growing stronger and is overcoming the resistance in Solea. Time is quickly running out for the three who have been chosen to save the world and restore the balance in the magic.

Brenth, a warrior and a seer, has been chosen to lead the people of Solea and Sylphia to safety as the world they know is being torn apart by the evil that Rengailai and the Dark Lord introduced into Preterlandis.  The time has come for Jovan's plan to destroy the evil to be put into motion.  The problem is, no one except Jovan and four who were with him in the beginning know the entire plan of what is to happen.  As the plan unfolds, the Jovanulum must fight for what they believe, despite the odds and believe that Jovan is in control.