Luke Sardenallke has discovered all eight worlds. Now he has to stop them from killing him. The last three years of his life have been a beautiful dream. But now the dream is over. Southaro is locked into a seemingly endless war with Paulo Jacintodos. The Octavale is swirling into a pit of chaos. People he cares about are dying.
His mental stability is quickly evaporating. Loneliness and misery envelop him. Everywhere he goes, he sees another horrible thing. He must try to bring himself to move forward even as it becomes increasingly apparent that the end is further away than he ever imagined.
Veru is becoming more powerful with every passing day. He is coming ever closer to his goal of complete Octavalan domination. He is a fatal disease Luke does not have the cure for.
There are too many problems in the Octavale, and there is not enough time to solve them. Luke is forced to struggle against an unrelenting tide determined to consume him whole. But he will struggle. He has to.