Edwin Bitterroot, lately arrived on Arthropodia, decides to make Alain Harper and his team an offer they literally dare not refuse.

Alain Harper and his companions arrive as Keely the Cougar’s guests and face off against Aven the Eagle, while Nicholas finds and masters the Genesis Ring.

Nicholas Blackthorn learns more than he bargained for concerning the Ant Queen, the Two Walkers, the Genesis Ring, his nemesis Alain Harper, and wonder of wonders, his ally Edwin Bitterroot…

It seems that Nicholas Blackthorn isn’t the only Archon or the only Realmwalker on Arthropodia after all…

Nicholas Blackthorn, having barely escaped with his life from his nemesis Alain Harper, finds himself on a world where arthropods of every description are the dominant self-aware beings.