Saved from death as a result of the Emperor Ddwng, would-be lovers Colene and Darius and their companions – Provos, a female who remembers only the future, and Sequiro, a telepathic horse – stumble into just one more dangerous reality where despots rule having a cruel and heavy hands. Held captive, the friends must combine their unusual talents in a daring escape leading them on adventure after adventure with the most intriguing character types – some intimidating, some friendly – ever to grace the page. Included in this, Angus, the lovable flying giant; non-a, the beautiful and marvelous “ninth from the ninth;” Slick, the gangster using a loss of life sentence; as well as the megaplayers, mysterious musicians of previous whose giant devices still dot the landscape.