Evie, searching for answers, finds a monolith in a derelict area of London. How could she have known it was a Portal? Trying to save her, Alan is dragged into Dumnon by a bloodhunter-priest whose sole aim is to capture Evie for his Master, the Priest-king of Mureck. How will they survive this nightmarish world of war and magik, let alone get back home? The Murecken now invade the western lands, all for the glory of Murak, and the Storratian...