by Mike Dixon
In the Realm beyond the Seventh Circle, a young princess prays to the mother goddess for a man to fight her enemies. She asks for one who is skilled in the arts of war and says she wants a man who will excite passions and win battles. By chance, a suitable candidate is conducting strange experiments beside a holy spring in the Realm beyond the Sixth Circle (our realm). He arrives in the princess’ camp and her prayers are answered ... but not as she imagined.