Heavier Than a Mountain #3 Destiny's Crucible

Beware of creating your worst enemy.
All Joe Colsco wanted out of life was a reasonably interesting job
supporting a quiet, comfortable suburban lifestyle, eventually a small
family, and time to pursue hobbies. Instead, a freak accident casts him
naked onto a beach of another planet inhabited by humans with technology
circa 1700. In time, Joe, now known as Yozef Kolsko, makes the
difficult acceptance of a new life, has a respectable position in his
new society, and is married with a child on the way. But all is not
rosy. He has become embroiled in a struggle beyond any dream he could
have had—or any nightmare. The Narthani are a militant society intent on
subjugating the Caedelli, the people he’s come to identify with.
Despite Yozef’s hope to focus his life on transferring scientific
knowledge and support a quiet life, he finds his life’s direction moving
beyond his control. As his actions and ideas become more important in
resisting the Narthani, he reluctantly finds himself dragged into
leadership roles he doesn’t believe himself qualified—including efforts
to unite the Caedelli clans. The
transformation of Joseph Colsco to Yozef Kolsko is about to take another
step. Unwittingly, the Narthani themselves are creating an opponent
unlike any they have ever faced, an enemy beyond their conceptions.