Book I of A Tangled Knotwork. Kahoo is the perfect champion of the Gods - mindlessly violent, emotionally crippled and none too bright. Their expectations are high, as always - he is to be the hope of humanity itself. If he only knew. Drifting in isolation on the oceans of his birth, Kahoo and his people remain oblivious to his importance. To them he is but an ageing crew member, increasingly unstable and verging on crazed. His skills as a warrior have averted his culling so far, but even they will not protect him forever. His only chance, a small boy whose wit and dreams have the power to save him - and thereby the world.