Life's never been particularly easy for Nicholas Archer. But when he is nearly beaten to death by a frightening beast out of his worst nightmare his life goes from bad to worse. Now lost in a world he doesn't understand, Archer finds himself struggling to come to terms with the secrets that lie in his blood. Secrets that tie him to a mysterious group that defends our world from being overtaken by the denizens of another dimension. From a hellish place called Rift. Still hunted by the things that attacked him, he must learn who to trust and master his potential before it's too...