World War II veteran Edward Bond's recuperation from a disastrous fighter plane crash takes a distinct turn for the weird when he encounters a giant wolf a red witch and the undeniable power of the need-fire a portal to a world of magic and swordplay at once terribly new and hauntingly familiar. In the Dark World Bond opposes the machinations of the dread lord Ganelon and his terrible retinue of werewolves wizards and witches.