Once again in the grip of the mysterious Star Lords of the Constellation Scorpio, Dray Prescot found himself torn from the battles of the Inner Sea of Kregen for a mission in the air. For it was now his duty to carry his bethrothed, Delia, Princess Majestrix, by airboat to that far kingdom from whence she had come.

But the route lay across the gaunt mountains and shadowy jungles of the Hostile Territories - and there Dray was to be plunged among stranger and more treacherous peoples and customs than even his Kregen princess had ever known.