Cassie did not feel the soul rider enter her body...but suddenly she knew that Anchor was corrupt, and that, far from being a formless void from which could issue only mutant changelings and evil wizards, Flux was the source of Anchor's very existence.

The price of her knew knowledge is exile, yet Cassie and the Rider of her soul are the only hope for the redemption of both Flux and Anchor.

It was a world slowly recovering from a battle between Titanic forces of good and evil.  A grand alliance had been formed to fight humanity's battle.  For good had not won the final victory.  The Nine, rulers of hell, had formed their own empire and planned to invade the world, first subverting humans to their own unholy use.

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 & ANCHOR

For countless years, the strange and hauited place called World has been a land divided.  Beyond the stability of Anchor lies the chaos of the Flux, a land of strange passions and near magic, where flesh is mutable, and reality yields madness.

This is the tale of the making of that World, of a brilliant scientist who discovered a universe where mind rules matter, and of the courageous men and women who battled treachery, rebellion and hellish alien forces to found a colony there....

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?