Can she protect her world from the darkness that threatens to consume it?

She has no idea what to do. All Gwendolen knows for sure is that she alone, not Roana Nash, must enter the energy that lies in the stranger's mind and heart, and it is she, terrified as she feels, who must find a way to stop him.

Darkness has entered the summer fields of Genthor. An unknown intruder has broken through the border between dimensions and seeks control of Gwendolen's world, a place of dreams and sacred ritual.

Within the art of the Esoteric created by her mother, Roana Nash, she is learning its deep and powerful mysteries, ancient magic borne out of Genthor’s origins. It must all be protected. But how can she fight against what stays hidden?

Help comes to her through Ga Fael Fawr, gatekeeper of the virtual, enchanted world of Aginmare, the forest where Gwendolen's initiation into personal power begins. The gatekeeper gives her a sword of transformation, a weapon forged out of light.

"With this sword you have the power to convert evil. Through it you can find the way to protect your world and those you love. But take heed. The sword cannot be used in violence, or its power will die, and so will the Esoteric, and Genthor will cease to exist."

Yet in the intruder's mind lies madness, an uncontrollable desire for vengeance. How is she to overcome this?

"Face your fear," the gatekeeper tells her. "What is precious must not be given away."