For her brother, Azzy braved the untold dangers of the Above, both the wild and the civilized. But in the city of Avergard, the siblings were pulled into the machinations of a scheming Lord, and a disaster of world ending proportions. A city under siege The slumbering Children of the Gate have risen, and their hunger is insatiable. The foundations of the Avergard quake as the eldritch born creatures of the Gate nip at their borders, held at tenuous bay by the various powers of the Lords and the mentally revived Armin. It will take the cooperation of enemies and allies alike to stall the advancement of the Children, but the House of Lords knows their combined might will not last forever. Armin must pull together the broken strands of his psyche to follow the fading connection to his sister, who may have the solution. Beyond the Gate Nothing prepared her for this; the world beyond the Gate is vibrant, beautiful, and deadly. Azzy does not stand on these strange shores alone, followed by Kai, the mettle of their bond tested at every turn as they contend with the denizens of this new realm. Azzy knows she must find a way home, before all she holds dear is consumed but first, she and Kai must survive and outwit the one who followed them through the Gate.