The story centres around a battle knight of Asgard whose mentor is Merlin. Both are from the higher levels of the Matrix.
Battle Knight's battle plan is to turn the Dark Vortex in upon itself, but before this can be done he must fight non-people, avoid fate traps and the Hypervoid.
The time is before the Battle of Hastings and Battle Knight gets caught up with the plans of the Duke of Normandy to invade Saxony.
After the Battle of Hastings, Battle Knight and his companion friends are lost in another time dimension.
The story is in verse using some old English words; the rhyme of the verse giving meaning to the old words.