Tight, flat, square, sharp books with creased spines, light edge wear and toning. The time of danger is at hand. Mervyn, wizard and Fluxlord, leader of the Nine Who Guard, faces the ultimate threat of the opposing Seven Who Wait: the opening of the Hellgates of the World. Closed more than two thousand years ago, they are portals to unknowable danger and, perhaps, great power. Mervyn must gather the shattered forces of guardianship, dispersed and reeling after the battle with Coydt: Cassie, once the powerful saint and crusader, now the brainwashed slave of an oppressive male dictatorship. Spirit, her daughter, controlled by her mysterious Soul Rider. Jeff, Spirit's son. Matson: he will lead the entire force of the Stringers Guild to war, if need be. But all of them are doomed to death unless they can become MASTERS OF FLUX AND ANCHOR **** The powerful foundation to the spellbinding Soul Rider saga. The strange and haunted place called World has been a land divided between the stability of Anchor and the chaos of Flux?a land of near magic, where reality yields to madness. It is in this universe that courageous men and women battle treachery, rebellion, and hellish forces to establish a New Eden. ***** The last great battle of the Hellgates has been won and Flux and Anchor are at peace?for now. But someone has found the key to the magic of Flux. If they succeed in harnessing this fearsome power, the delicate balance could be destroyed. Who will stand when the horror of Flux is unleashed?