In GATHER, Book 2 of the Monarch Rising Trilogy, the Council's plot of a global outbreak of mass suicide is well underway. High Lords Kookie and Yakov, and High Lady Liling discover the evil plans and know they must gather forces of their own to stop the Council from succeeding with their deadly scheme. They form an Alliance of friends, in the name of the Light, and by using ancient practices, natural forces of the universe, and Love, they discover their own true powers. However, the real force behind the Council is the dark lord of the Underworld, and he will stop at nothing to get what he wants: supreme power over One World, and taking a woman from the Alliance as his hostage, into the bowels of hell.