It was supposed to be a weekend of costumed fun. Instead these medieval historical reenactors are flung into a wilderness by magic they don't understand. They must struggle to survive and deal with monsters who consider them prey . . . or worse. *** "Karl Gallagher's first production, the Torchship Trilogy, was good enough so that I read and reread it. He has now turned his hand from science fiction to fantasy."

• Professor David D. Friedman, Professor, Santa Clara University, author of The Machinery of Freedom and Salamander
• Also known as Duke Cariadoc of the Bow, KSCA, OL, OP, founder of the Pennsic War.