The planet was Earth. The time was fifty thousand years from now. Magic and witchcraft worked and the Old Science didn't. Why this was so, nobody knew - it had always been that way during the long tyranny of the Empire of the East. During that same period there had always been little bands of rebels using fragments of white magic against the demonic armies. Rolf was the latest of these rebels - and he had on his side the mysterious power known as Ardneh.