CHAPTER one:
I FIRST MET VANTH DREADSTAR YEARS AGO ON CALDOR, MY HOMEWORLD. CALDOR IS A LUSH GREEN WORLD, NICELY TUCKED AWAY IN A FAR-OFF CORNER OF THE INSTRUMENTALITY’S TERRITORIES. THE GREAT WAR SELDOM REACHES THIS SLEEPY PLANET.
...THAT, MUCH TO EVERYONE’S CONSTERNATION, MADE PATHETIC SOLDIERS, BUT GREAT FARMERS.
BUT WHAT TO DO WITH HIM TILL THEN? THIS MAN COILD NOT BE LEFT TO DIE ALONE THERE IN THE DIRT.
IF THAT HAPPENS, THAT CLERICAL MADMAN WILL IMMEDIATELY ORDER A MASS INQUISITION OF ALL MONARCHY TERRITORIES.
BILLIONS WILL DIE BY HOLY TRIAL. THE GALLAXY WILL RUN RED WITH THE BLOOD OF THE UNFAITHFUL. THIS CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN...