From cover: "Ensconced in a hidebound university of the future that holds little regard for individual expression, literature professor Roy Arthre suddenly finds himself transported to another dimension by a now-deceased archmage, whom he is immediately mistaken for. Unwillingly taking on the role of the archmage, the former unassuming professor must overcome a powerful warlord with the help of a mysterious falcon, a band of rebels-and his own previously unappreciated creativity."