Alec has been the most powerful man in two great nations -- the Dominion and the Michian Empire. But one day he awakens in a small boat adrift in an empty sea; he has no memory, no understanding of his abilities, no recognition of the world around him. When a fishing vessel picks him up, he doesn't even speak the same language.By the time the former ruler is put on land, he knows only a few words of the Avonellene language, and he has no purpose in...