In 1881, explorers in the rocky mountains on either side of the Canada-U.S. border discovered gateways to a new planet. The British Empire and the United States quickly partnered to settle and exploit this rich, Earth-like world... Now it's 1919, and after returning from a campaign in the Third Afghan War, Major Thomas Waller and the men of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment are assigned to escort two mysterious ladies into the unknown lands of the new world. With the help of an American drifter named Smith, Waller and his men mut face the daunting hordes of 'savages' that roam the steppes of the alient planet, and help to uncover the ladies' secrets - and the secrets of the new world itself. A dangerous adventure awaits them all on the grasslands...