Twenty five years have passed since the NShalain colony has been set up. The transition crystals have finished developing. Frank and the others now plan to return to NShalain to begin bringing the people there to the colony. They fear they will be returning to a full blown war and have prepared a special ship. They are also having problems with Earth, especially since they have developed their own warp drive.

This is the continuation of the story started in NShalain Troubles, The Arrival. Frank, Josef, their wives and friends have determined that some means of saving the NShalain people from a natural catastrophe must be implemented. They run into problems from both Earth people and The NShalain people themselves. Earth has found out about the NShalain from a "good deed" that Silma and her husband perform.

Frank and Josef meet while hiking. They take refuge in a cave to escape a violent storm. While there, a natural event takes place transferring them to the alternate world of NShalain. There they find the natural laws make them in effect handicapped supermen. They find many problems, both physical and political in their new world and get involved in attempts to resolve them.

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