A MAGICAL WORLD. A RELUCTANT HERO. A RAGTAG TEAM. ‘Does a war really have to “be” about something?’ ‘It is sort of a convention, I believe, so you can keep score, if nothing else.’ Richard pondered his own words. ‘I mean, how can you tell if you’ve won?’ It’s already been a bad day for Richard Parry, and that’s before he’s shot. After that it just gets worse. Thrown into a surreal world, he is seen by some as the coming of a prophecy and bringer of doom who might need to be soundly terminated. On the positive side, the Ministry of Insecurity think he will be useful on a suicide mission. Chased by the Emperor’s henchwoman, Richard and an ill-matched team trek through the stranger, and more than a bit weirder parts of this alternate world to discover a traitor intent on derailing the mission and that the ultimate villain is a figure from his own past...