Xycho has fallen, defeated by the Gods. But now the Gods have departed, it is no longer the time of Gods, it is the time of Man. Edward Bear-Axe, Lord of Viandra, Guardian of the West has left his adventuring days behind him. But there is an Evil Presence influencing the dark leaders of the East. Seems that Edward Bear-Axe and his friends both old and new face a new foe. Could this evil presence really be the Child of Xycho?