On a cool August night, an old friend knocks on Charles Rosella's door. He has come with another wild story--one that can't possibly be true. And yet, before Charles can stop it, he and his brother are drawn into a puzzling journey that will lead to the other side of the universe, to a place where one man has absolute power--to a place where all efforts are weakness against the strength of the enemy. - If Charles had known that August night what was about to begin, he might have done all he could to avoid it. But then again... perhaps not; perhaps he would have given everything he had to do the right thing again .
