When a world falls through the false vacuum of its native universe, it ends up in the Spiral — an endless twisting helix of planets, stars, and civilizations, where a thousand different fundamental rules mix and blend to form the patchwork cosmos of the Weave. 

In the spiral, magic and technology co-exist. Both are freely used by traders, adventurers, and plunderers to make their fortunes and forge their destinies among the stars.

Miles is a human refugee, fresh from an Earth that has recently fallen into the spiral. Unlike most of his peers, he's chosen to pursue a specialization in magic, and has just taken his first step on a journey that will take him to the highest and lowest points in his strange new universe.