From the New York Times bestselling and multi-Eisner award-nominated creator of East of West, The Manhattan Projects, Decorum, and more comes this ambitious, science fiction universe presented by comics titan Jonathan Hickman. The original 3W/3M Sunday serial, collected together in its entirety for the first time!Stranded on the magical moon of Kaoso after the death of his crew, Tajo Vallar is desperate to find a way back to his family. Guided by Syg the White Stag—a mage from a long-past age of magic— Tajo learns the mysteries of the Academy and that things are not entirely what they seem back home on Therra. All the while, they are being watched by mages from the three schools of the Academy, and they don't necessarily have either party's best interest in mind . . . Pulp sci-fi storytelling in the grand tradition!