Danae Livingston spends most of her time dancing with a well-known ballet troupe, but every summer she travels to the GriffinCon, the world's largest science-fiction convention, to experience her love of Torhtremer, an exciting literary otherworld. This year promises to be more exciting and hopefully less tragic, since the original author of the Torhtremer saga died during one of them. Her best friend (and costume designer extraordinaire) promises to have the best designs this year and Danae has promised to strut her stuff around the convention to help advertise for future buyers. As Danae enters one of the gatherings, she stops in her tracks when she sees her favorite character, Alekhsiy, in the flesh and in full armor.

Alekhsiy Alekseiovich has made the journey through the void to Earth to locate the catalyst and sorcerer who can bring his world of Torhtremer to war and destroy both of them. As a General and brother to the king, this task falls to Alekhsiy, so he finds himself among humans at the GriffinCon. The uniforms are close, but are nothing compared to the spell-protected armor he is currently wearing to shield him during the battles he fights here on earth. As Alekhsiy takes in his surroundings, the beautiful dancer who's saved his life on numerous occasions is gliding towards him whispering his name and calling out to him as no other woman has.

I truly love Diane Whiteside, but this story took a few chapters to take hold. However, once I wrapped my brain around the plot, I enjoyed the way the two worlds paralleled each other. A very interesting read!