In a critical situation, you won’t rise to the level of your expectations—you’ll fall to the level of your training. That is exactly the principle followed by Igor Borodin, who was kidnapped along with other fellow settlers and ended up as an unwilling participant in a brutal reality show staged by mysterious puppeteers in some parallel world.
Trade caravans, journeys across endless and sparsely populated expanses, wastelands of dead cities, clashes with nomads, mountaineers, and bandits. Adrenaline raging in your blood like some infernal brew.
This world fit Borodin like a suit tailored to his measures. But just one spoonful of tar spoils the barrel of honey. He can’t stand the fact that his life has turned into a bargaining chip in someone else’s game. And he has no shortage of stubbornness and determination. So the puppeteers had better prepare for trouble.