Act of Will is a boisterous fantasy adventure that
introduces us to Will Hawthorne, a medieval actor and
playwright who flees the authorities only to find himself
inextricably bound to a group of high-minded adventurers on
a deadly mission. Will travels with them to a distant land
where they are charged with the investigation and defeat of
a ruthless army of mystical horsemen, who appear out of the
mist leaving death and devastation in their wake.
In the course of Will’s uneasy alliance with his new protectors, he has to get his pragmatic mind to accept selfless heroism (which he thinks is absurd) and magic (which he doesn’t believe in). Will must eventually decide where his loyalties really lie and how much he is prepared to do--and believe--to stand up for them.