CHAPTER one:

I FIRST MET VANTH DREADSTARYEARS AGO ON CALDOR, MY HOME-WORLD. CALDOR IS A LUSH GREENWORLD, NICELY TUCKED AWAY IN AFAR-OFF CORNER OF THE INSTRUMEN-TALITY’S TERRITORIES. THE GREATWAR SELDOM REACHES THIS SLEEPYPLANET.

...THAT, MUCH TO EVERYONE’S CONSTERNATION, MADE PATHETIC SOLDIERS, BUT GREAT FARMERS.

BUT WHAT TO DO WITH HIM TILLTHEN? THIS MAN COILD NOT BELEFT TO DIE ALONE THERE IN

THE DIRT.

IF THAT HAPPENS,THAT CLERICALMADMAN WILLIMMEDIATELY

ORDER A MASSINQUISITION OF

ALL MONARCHY TERRITORIES.

BILLIONS WILL DIEBY HOLY TRIAL.

THE GALLAXY WILLRUN RED WITHTHE BLOOD OF

THE UNFAITHFUL.THIS CANNOT BE

ALLOWED TO HAPPEN...