Not often do you hear someone say they should’ve stayed in England, but when Red mac Raith and Antea Duarte set foot in what is to become the United States in 1695 it’s hardly a welcoming place owing to evil spirits roaming the land. That’s nothing to write home about for the two Banishers, who are essentially early-age Ghostbusters.
What seems like a simple enough business trip involving banishing a few ghosts and then taking the next ship home quickly turns out to be more difficult. The town of New Eden, an early settlement, is haunted by a powerful Nightmare that makes short work of both Red and Antea. Red barely survives, while his lover Antea returns to him as a ghost. As much as Red loves Antea, he’s supposed to follow the Banisher credo of “life to