Common wisdom is that being a soldier is rather nasty business with a great deal of blood and killing. Nobility, intelligence, self-sacrifice& all of these are essential to a soldier. And then, there's Tylor. He has an undiscovered gift. He goes through life with an air of complacency that would give granite a run for its money. But he may be the one person who can save the world. If he can be bothered to put up the effort.