At a time that belongs to neither the past nor the future, the planet of Krull...a world peopled by creatures of myth and magic...faces annihilation. Slayers, alien beings commanded by the seemingly omnipotent Beast, are everywhere, and only one man can oppose them. Prince Colwyn must journey to a faraway cavern to recover the mystical Glaive, a key to extraordinary powers required to defend his world. On his quest, he gathers about him an unlikely army, with which he travels through Krull, witnessing sights and events beyond his wildest imagination, searching for his young bride and the Beast that holds her captive.