Return to Now, Book Two: The Amphibian Portal

wherein is chronicled:

Jack and his companions' treacherous journey to the Portal and its relentless guardians; the assistance of the frog-key Rhacopho; the temptation of the Dance at the Center of the World; the revelation of Obsidia'nar's mistress, the air elemental Xethecix; the boys' emergence in the Now and their growing friendship; their encounter with two-headed Sal and his recounting of the legend of the infant prince; Jack's experience with the fire dragon and the solving of the puzzle; the gift of the orbs; the birth of the third generation of the terrifying quetzals; Jack's struggle with the Orb of Empathy, and his connection with the giant manta rays.