Introduction: Running late for work, an accident finds James awakening 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. But when a trader with a violent past and his family take him in, he glimpses a future he never imagined.In Storhold where warriors bind power into their skin and northern raiders plot invasion, James may discover a devastating truth.James finds that relationships can forge unexpected lifelines and must decide whether to 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....