Ivar Trevelyan—a “propagator” by profession and an adventurer at heart—continues his stellar odyssey. He has long been due to be in Hell, or rather on Hell, a planet with an appalling climate and no more appealing population—cannibal nomads gathering to dine on earth farmers from behind the mountains. Their local, underdeveloped civilization is supposed to be saved.
But an unexpected meeting in space and the events that follow break every schedule and change all plans. Now Ivar has only two options: die before getting out of this mess, or become a hero. The second one is preferable—and, frankly, already familiar…