On the planet Kregen that circles the brightest star of the constellation of the Scorpion, two forces contended for that world's destiny. One of them, the Savanti, called in a human pawn from far-away Earth. His name: Dray Prescot. He confronted a fabulous world - barbaric, unmapped, peopled with both human and inhuman races. But there were always he mysterious Star Lords to watch and check the Savanti's plans. It soon turned out that Dray Prescot himself had to make decisions that would change him from a mere pawn to a bolder piece on the planetary chessboard.