The lone survivor of a battle in space, Jarl Hawkins fights for survival as his dying spaceship drifts out of control. But there is nothing he can do and his own death is certain. But his rescue comes in the form of an old wizard named Kvasir, who offers Jarl his chance at a new life on Vanir, a planet with black-powder weapons, wild nomads who roam the Ghost Plains, wizards and witches who use magic, and a church seeking to be all powerful. Separated...