RETURNING TO WHERE IT ALL BEGANEryk Veiger has returned to the Northern Plains—the place where he first confronted the Sekbeists in his previous life. His goal is clear. He wants to establish a friendly relationship with the sects here, to prepare for the invasion that’s sure to come.

And yet…

So much about the Northern Plains is different from what he remembers. There are new faces that weren’t present in his last timeline, and new problems that he never knew existed. What are these new issues ...