At the end of World War II, Wade is transported to a war-torn alternate world called Marus, where he finds himself a key figure in a political power struggle and unwittingly helps to bring the Unseen One's judgment on a corrupt people.

Maddy slips into an alternate world called Marus where she helps Queen Annison protect the believers in the Unseen One from persecution.

Scott is transported to the parallel world of Marus, where he finds himself destined to help Draven, a prophet of the Unseen One, challenge the idolatry of the Supreme Commander Mobeck.