When the ships of the First Expeditionary Fleet touch shore and unload the Queen’s Lifeguards, the realities of the new land sweep officer Jacob Purlew III into an uncertain future – and an unexpected relationship with an extraordinary race. Forced into combat with natives possessed of strange powers and bizarre forms, his comfortable world of gunpowder and shot is upset by the shocking realization that not only does magic exist, it’s bloody dangerous. As the natives rally to throw back these unwanted invaders upon their soil, Jacob and his men charge into a baptism by spellfire.
When the ships of the First Expeditionary Fleet touch shore and unload the Queen’s Lifeguards, the realities of the new land sweep officer Jacob Purlew III into an uncertain future – and an unexpected relationship with an extraordinary race. Forced into combat with natives possessed of strange powers and bizarre forms, his comfortable world of gunpowder and shot is upset by the shocking realization that not only does magic exist, it’s bloody dangerous. As the natives rally to throw back these unwanted invaders upon their soil, Jacob and his men charge into a baptism by spellfire.