Time is running out - the Grail Brotherhood has already completed its preparations, and soon the network will be in place, leaving no way to escape. Renie, !Xabbu, and their friends are faced with an even greater danger: Dread, the deranged killer of the megalomaniac juggler, is gearing up for his final coup. He will seize control and complete his work of diabolical destruction. And then there may be no real world left for the friends to return to. Bestselling author Tad Williams concludes his grand fantasy saga with this final volume, set in a world that could be our own in the not-too-distant future. All hope rests on the mysterious "Other.".