The second book in the Web Shifter's Library series returns to the adventures of Esen, a shapeshifting alien who must navigate the perils of a hostile universe.
Relationships get complicated when you donтАЩt know whoтАФor whatтАФyou really are. Esen must find a way to rescue a hapless group of chimeras, beings who are a new and unique blend of species she knows, when she canтАЩt become one herself. When Evan Gooseberry tries to help, he is shattered to learn he himself isnтАЩt entirely Human and begins to suspect his new friend Esen isnтАЩt what she seems.
Complicating matters, a mysterious contagion has killed the crew of the ship that brought the chimerasтАФand EvanтАФto Botharis. EveryoneтАЩs been quarantined inside the All SpeciesтАЩ Library of Linguistics and Culture, including over a hundred disgruntled alien scholars.
The risks climb as Skalet and Lionel continue their quest to solve the disappearance of PaulтАЩs motherтАЩs ship, the Sidereal Pathfinder, only to find themselves caught in a tangle of loyalties as Skalet is betrayed by her own Kraal affiliates, who infiltrate the Library.
All of which would be quite enough for one Web-beingтАЩs day, but Paul Ragem hopes to rekindle the romance of his first love. A shame Esen hasnтАЩt told him whoтАЩs hiding in their greenhouse.
Sciencefiction en fantasy