In this Pirates of the Caribbean meets C.S. Lewis epic adventure, Packer Throme is a failed seminarian turned master swordsman with eight small tasks on his to-do list:

1.) Save fishing village from poverty and starvation
2.) Win heart of long-time love, Panna Seline
3.) Honor dead father
4.) Stow away on pirate ship
5.) Find the Firefish -a creature everyone thinks is a myth
6.) Avoid a deadly assassin
7.) Stop a war
8.) Redeem self from spiritual disgrace

Completing such a short list should be easy... right?

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