Introduction: After an accident while running late to work, James awakens in an alien world where predators hunt across endless grasslands, leaving him with nothing but his wits and a desperate will to survive. No magical powers and no prophecy to help guide him.Armed with nothing but stubborn determination, James claws his way from the edge of starvation to reluctant survivor. When a trader with a violent past and his family take him in, he glimpses a future he never imagined. But in the city of Storhold, where warriors bind power into their skin and northern raiders plot invasion, James may discover a devastating truth.In this realm where havens hold secrets and relationships forge unexpected lifelines, James must decide: keep searching for an impossible way back or build something new from the ashes of who he once was.His old life is gone. What rises in its place depends on whether this strange, beautiful, and brutal world breaks him, or transforms him into someone stronger than he ever thought possible....