UNKNOWN

DOES THE USER SHAPE THE POWER, OR DOES THE POWER SHAPE THE USER?

Frax has always claimed that the depth of manipulation around Kaphri and the warriors is immense. Now those invisible forces are rising in their aggression.

As Araxis and his Balandran horde close in, the Grimmenwood ruthlessly persists in its demand that Kaphri leave this world, even if it means the Geffitzi people will never return to their land in the south.

But neither the Eldren nor Kep's Second Children are prepared for the true threat that is waiting for Kaphri at the gate between their worlds.

Bobbie Falin wields magic, thwarts evil forces, pilots sleek ships through space, drinks and carouses with aliens in shabby station bars, and wanders the worlds of other writers with wide-eyed wonder-in her head. Here on Earth, well that's different. Here, she records Kaphri's adventures in the Starchild Series, stows away on the Thief's Hand, and complicates Gideon Rhue and Mei's life in Deformation. She still feeds the local stray cats who show up for breakfast and dinner every day, and, yes, it's unreservedly true; if there were a space program to explore the stars, She'd be first in line.