The 400 years since the Final War had not been kind; cities, infrastructure, and population were reduced to a fraction of their previous glory. Humanity had climbed back to a shadow of its former self, but now Bonchance Magellan and Clea Lindquist were in trouble.      Not only was Bonchance scrabbling from job to job on the frontier of the True Empire. But now he was running for his life from some of the raiders that lurked around the fringes. His life was about to be cut very short, and then he found something…      Clea  had a dangerous job, scouting the enemies of The Rock Republic, when in the middle of one of her missions, she was aided by something…        Now they are in the middle of changes bigger than they could have imagined, and doing things they never thought possible. Not chosen, not destined, not even particularly wanting it;  but alongside a remnant of the Old World, out to save the New, Bonchance and Clea will be the heroes...he never thought he could be…she never thought she should be…Let alone both would be...