How do you manipulate strangers to fight for you, devote their lives to you, even die for you?

In the Veltagia Imperium, they have mastered the skill, summoning people from another world to become their heroes. Except this time, they summoned the wrong man.

They are used to the strong. They can handle egos or those with a taste for power. Edward has something they dread, his own reason for living, and they took it away from him.

Now Edward must navigate a world he doesn't know, master new skills and harden his heart to do what he must; all so he can find a way home.

But he isn't alone. There is the compassionate captain scarred by a painful past, a dreamer lost in fantasies of adventure, and a young girl who only wants to be useful.

Can Edward learn to tell the difference between friend and foe and overcome his mistrust to work with those around him?