Publisher's Synopsis
"This was the truer source of Evelyn's tears, that she couldn't communicate with the dead. Been there, done that, she thought of human history. And wouldn't you know it, contact, a second sun, a new world for humanity to live upon, none of that stopped history. Maybe time, for a moment, was stopped. The destruction of god and the devil both, the vanquishing of Seryxim, the loss of these two heroines for all time, the greatest beings who had ever lived." (From the book.)
A decade after their momentous and cosmic victory, the heroes find themselves suffering from a collective mid-life crisis whose source may be equally cosmic. With one world leader seemingly suicidal and another about to step down, Kristen, Mike, Evie, Mary, and the entire rest of the legendary community are once again called forth into the newly dual void of transliminal space and time. Events soon overtake them, from a coup on the pioneer human world, a civil war in Tudor England and the threat of one on that felid, as well as the wider yet mysterious calling of those chosen to sacrifice themselves in an ultimate gambit. Who is to go? When and why them? But the truer conflict lies within, as Keeley must confront her predestined fate, Maevery and her new life-love Lynn must confront their dark world of origin, and Kristen herself must not only repay Kylie a debt but also a much larger one owed to her own predecessor. In a series of bizarre yet transcendent maneuvers, felid mates Smiley and Astridyx along with their human kin Smithers discover a way to enjoin the greatest possible reunion. The shocking idea that the sisters of fate could be brought back, at once seems like both the ultimate solution and the ultimate mistake."In a classic follow-up novel, Loewen's now venerable pantheon are required to make one more tremendous effort to ensure not only the future of the galaxy, but possibly that of the entire universe as they know it to be. The flights of imagination needed to even begin to do either, take the heroes on their most visionary and dangerous journey yet. With the ethics of their actions often thrown aside, each of the saga's principles must make choices that none of them would desire. The outcomes of these actions are at once horrifying and edifying, as the most celebrated and yet dreaded figures return in altered forms to face their own final fates. In doing so, none of their former friends remains untouched." - Lynn Eddy, VP of Acquisitions, Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Company
