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 rece...