Years ago, he had comrades and a cause he believed in. Now, the man calling himself Nomad knows only a life on the run. Forced to jump from world to world within the Cosmere, he's pursued by the relentless Night Brigade. Our story begins as he lands on a new planet and finds himself immediately caught in a struggle between a tyrant and rebels seeking freedom. All this under the constant threat of a sun's heat that can melt stones. But he can't understand their language! Can he continue the fight, gain enough strength to leap out of the world, before his body or mind pays the ultimate price?