They've escaped with their lives but nothing else. Their only ally waits in the swamp land of Palus Regia, but to reach him, they must surmount impossible odds. Hired mercenaries, bounty hunters vying for the Tower's favor, hunt them. The gate makers have been deployed to every port off the western continent's coasts, trapping them. And the Alphas, who have protected Tristan for sixteen years without his knowledge, will at last reveal their intent. Though the five are the ones on the run the true race is between those who desire to see the angeli… RECLAIMED.