When a super volcano forms under Greenland's ice, the glacier Garrett and Grady are exploring suddenly shatters into the greatest freshwater pulse the modern world has ever known. Honor, guts and the timely intervention by rescuers from another realm collude for their survival. In the realm of their rescuers, Garrett and Grady find a world of unimaginable beauty. The pathway to heightened abilities only hinted at in their Earthborn lives become achievable. But the people of Earth are in crisis. Oceans writhe under the impact of a continent of ice sliding into the seas. Sea levels are rising. Governments and multi nationals have gotten wind of the approach of an extra-dimensional cosmos merging with the only universe anyone has ever known. While a council of multinational powers seek trade advantages, one of their most powerful members seeks to poison the relationship between worlds with torture, murder and rape. Long ago, the powerful of Eressa chose non-violence, non-commercial trade, and a vibrant, artistic adventure as the pathways of into life at its highest incarnation. Garrett and Grady are caught in a contest between brutality and love, and the fate of two worlds hang in the balance.