"Instead of mentors, they got monsters... That's what Xerak, Vereez, and Grunwold think when three strange creatures shimmer into being within the circle of Hettua Shrine. And why shouldn't they? After all, they've never seen humans before. Margaret Blake, Peg Gallegos, and Tessa Brown are equally astonished--but also better prepares. A widely varied course of reading material has intellectually primed them for the idea that other worlds, even worlds...