After confronting the merciless creatures and plant life of Eldritch Forest in the first installment of the trilogy, A World Away, Dan Clay and his battered friends reach their goal: an undetected entrance into the demonic castle. Within the hexed walls of the fortress, Dan and his companions are plagued with unsettling questions...questions whose answers will demand a deeper infiltration into the secret recesses of the centuries-old castle, answers which will involve confrontations with the citadel's animate and inanimate residents, and answers which will entail encounters with the savage beasts of the forest. Is Dan's brother, William, alive and a prisoner of the Reclaimers? Will the travelers survive the spellbinding powers of the half-man and half-serpent creatures? Will the rescuers breach the spatial boundaries of the parallel world and return home? Continue your journey with the travelers as they strategize their escape and unravel the mysteries of the Reclaimers vulnerability, the invisible warm touch, and a dire potion.