It was named Bringer of Battles, three hundred worlds orbiting a single artificial star, three hundred battlefields where different species vie for mastery and triumph. It is a cage where war is a game -- brutal, savage and sudden. In this arena, all must bend the knee to the Lords of Permutation and the ancient sentient weapons with which they have merged. Or suffer indescribable agonies. <br><br>Trapped in this draconian crucible of death, Brannan Pyke, captain and smuggler, must fight his way to freedom. <br><br>Because in the Bringer of Battles, the game of war is played to the death and beyond.