Johto lies on the verge of civil war. Outsiders have arrived and tension rises within the cities of the province. Follow Zachary Pine as he sets out to help advance his new home land, and bring a better way of life to its people. Along the way he creates savage enemies, unconventional allies, and discovers what might bring the developing province to its knees.

The ghosts of his past fled across the ocean, and the bounty hunter inadvertently followed. For time flows like a hard wind, carrying the debris of events and tragedies like leaves. Even as he stood in a quiet town with a well paying job, he couldn't escape fates web. The man he and his partner hunted was a plague taken human form, the kind of man Reiner wanted.