Rick and Stephen have nothing in common except Sarah, but when Stephen tries to scare Rick away, he accidentally kills the prophesied hero of another world, throwing both men headlong into a land of magic, treachery, wonder and death.Hunted by all sides of a growing power struggle, and bound by little more than mutual confusion, the two unlikely companions are soon at odds as one of them abandons the life he left behind and the other seeks to return to those he loves.But this is only the beginning, for there is much more -- and much darker -- to this world than either man can yet see.