Introduction: When Jay fails to outrun a mysterious shimmering fog that has been popping up all over the Earth, he finds out where the missing persons have been going. To another world! But along with a new world and new species and monsters comes a new set of rules, one that Jay is going to have to figure out quickly in order to survive. He's already got a severe handicap in his Merchant Path with no combat skills to speak of. Can he find the answers he needs and figure out how to get home?...