6 In ancient Germanic terminology, Adalhard Jaeger’s name meant “Brave Hunter”. The thirty-two-year-old was a former member of Kommando Spezialkräfte, part of the German Army Special Forces Command, internationally recognised as one of the finest, most daring fighting units in the military world. When Adalhard passed the gruelling physical training required to be accepted as a member of Kommando Spezialkräfte, he then truly understood that Brave Hunter was an apt name for one such as himself. However, having been unceremoniously discharged from the elite unit as a result of ongoing breaches of military discipline, Adalhard was ordered by his strict, authoritarian father, Gerhard Jaeger, to travel to the other side of the world and go about re-adjusting his life to a standard befitting th

