"Erdas is a land of balance. A rare link, the spirit animal bond, bridges the human and animal worlds. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan each have this gift-and the grave responsibility that comes with it. But the Conquerors are trying to destroy this balance. They're swallowing whole cities in their rush for power-including Meilin's home. Fed up with waiting and ready to fight, Meilin has set off into enemy territory with her spirit animal, a panda...

Everyone is after Arthur Penhaligon including strange pirates, shadowy creatures, and Drowned Wednesday, whose gluttony threatens both her world and Arthur's.

Tal, a Chosen of the Orange Order, has fallen into an unknown world of warriors, iceships, and magic while trying to steal a powerful sunstone to save his family, and joins with Milla, a violent icecarl, in an effort to get back to his home in the now hostile castle.

As the Icecarls prepare to capture the Castle, an evil force threatens the destruction of the Dark World.

The Wardens have devised a plan to get rid of The Evil once and for all, and troubletwister twins Jack and Jaide, and Grandma X, are at the heart of the scheme--but even if it works a lot of innocent people may die or end up abandoned in the dimension of Evil.