A year ago, Lynn Romano and Kate Mossland stumbled through the gordath, a portal between our world and Aeritan. They survived, and returned from that world—but not without a price. When Lynn passed through the gordath into Aeritan’s war ravaged society, the man who loved her followed. But while Lynn fought her way back, Joe found his destiny and stayed behind. Worlds apart, Lynn and Joe have not forgotten each other, but neither expects ever to see the other again. When Kate Mossland returned from Aeritan, she brought back Colar—a young man whose wounds would have been fatal in that primitive society. But despite his ties to the girl who saved his life, Earth is no place for an Aeritan-born man. Now, as the rumble of the gordath echoes through both worlds, danger from Aeritan has come for both Lynn and Kate. A powerful Aeritan general—driven by his obsession with Kate—has crossed though to Earth and assembled an army of outcasts. This time the battle will rage not just in Aeritan, but in our own world, and everyone must choose, finally, to which world they belong.