Five strangers are drawn together from their individually threatened lives. The 'Otherworlders' are quested by Divine Intervention to seek and destroy the source of an ""instability"" that may destroy the very world they've come to: post-cataclysmic Bu'Kre'Nunkt. While they search for clues they must learn to adapt, survive, and deal with the culture clash of each other. This book is considered the first in the series chronicling the beginning adventures of the Dhuras Protectorate. As the Epic Fantasy begins, the ""Otherworlders"" navigate a magically possessed topiary garden, several miles...

""Once Upon Tun'Rummal"" (Tyme And Yon Serpent Act 1; Book 2) continues the adventures of the newly entitled Dhuras Protectorate. While aiding the young city of Dhururahm and assuaging the evils plaguing its farmsteads, the Protectorate acquired an item of great power. Seeking the importance of a red crystal shard able to conjure fire now becomes the first clue steering their quest. Finding the Blue Sage, purportedly a source of information about the shard, they may finally gain their bearings towards completing their great quest.