Résumé: Dr. Pamela Bell is missing, and an atypical (butapparently effective) research group is pursuing her. Among them, her longtimecolleague, Paul, and her twin sister, Jolene.
But, among them, there is also a traitor: whydoes someone want to prevent the group from finding Pam? What awaits them oncethey cross the mysterious portal? What are the terrible secrets that theextraordinary and advanced civilization that lives beyond the portal hides? Withan increasingly fast pace, the stories of the characters, and on balance of theworld itself, come to an unexpected and breathtakingconclusion.