On the desolate world of Pangborn, the violent descendants of marooned starship captains battle constantly for supremacy - on a medieval future where magic is as important a weapon as the axe and the broadsword. No warlord will fight without his jinxer, the martial magician whose powers must sway the battle where brain and muscle fail. But now, as the mighty and ruthless Lord of Falde comes within reach of his goal of planetwide domination, Pangborn begins to fight back. And the jinxer is impotent before beings that existed long before humanity came questing among the stars. Cover art by Peter Elson.