With Scourge threatening to wipe out Olde Earth, a young peasant finds that he must battle a murderous tyrant in order to save himself, his country, and the woman he loves.

Geoffrey, a young man of noble birth, is horribly disfigured as a child the night his parents are murdered. On the verge of starvation, Geoffrey decides to reclaim his inheritance.

But things are not what they seem, and Geoffrey—fleeing for his life—must figure out who his true friends are before the woman he loves is forced to make the ultimate sacrifice…