Artemis Moonknight has a problem. She has a year to return her dead mestari's sword to another mestari or his soul will be doomed forever. Normally that's not a big deal, except that she's a Halfling, and only elves are allowed to become blade dancers these days. To make matters worse, Artemis has found only one elf that was worth a damn, and now he's dead. If she's discovered, she's dead. If she fails, her mestari's soul is doomed. And as if things weren't complicated enough already, the hiisi, half demon half something else have been found far away from their normal hunting grounds. Is it just a coincidence or something more?

A group of friends that play an online space combat game find out that it's more real than they expected, leading them on the adventure of their lives, and oh yeah, the fate of the human race and planet Earth is riding on their shoulders. No pressure!