The Red Dwarf crew arrive on htraE (a version of Earth in a universe where time is running backwards) in order to rescue Lister, who has returned to life and the age of 25 as a result of the crew depositing his body on the time-reversed Earth 36 years earlier.
The Stone of Tear, fortress of legend, has been taken and Callandor, The Sword that is not a sword, is held. But for Rand al'Thor, the shepherd who has become the Dragon Reborn, it is only the beginning.
For centuries travelling gleeman have told tales of the lost Horn of Valere; the legendary Horn that will raise the dead heroes of the Ages. The Horn has been discovered - only to be stolen, along with the dagger of Shadar Logoth, on which the very life of Rand al'Thor's friend Mat depends.
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden.
Captain Willard Phule has whipped his band of troops into shape and they are no longer the laughingstock of the Legion. Now his company is deployed to help an underdeveloped planet. What better way to utilize their major area of expertise--goofing off--than to turn it into the biggest intergalactic playground ever?
