Benton Collins was a graduate student working in the bio lab
to earn his way to his degree. When a white lab rat somehow
managed to escape its cage, Ben found himself chasing the
rat into a storeroom that would ultimately lead him through
a secret gateway into the realm called Barakhai. And in
Barakhai, Ben’s life would be forever changed, for this was
a place peopled by inadvertent shapeshifters, humans forced
to spend half their day—or night—in animal form.
Not everyone was happy with the life in Barakhai, a life
where the general population was ruled by those few humans
of royal blood who remained in their human form and were
virtual dictators. Ben, by virtue of being born on Earth,
was not a shapeshifter either. And a rebel named Zylas
hoped that Ben could become the instrument to turn Barakhai
around. So Zylas and his comrade rescued Ben from certain
death. But if Ben agreed to join their cause, would he only
be postponing the moment of his execution, and would he ever
be allowed to return to his own world again?
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