Guardians of the Gates

The final, epic conclusion to the Quest of the Messenger trilogy!

A world war set sometime in the future forces Claire Swift and her mother to seek refuge in a remote Alpine valley. While waiting for the men of the family to come home, the two women carry on a peaceful rural existence, which is unexpectedly disrupted by visitors from a mysterious foreign world.

Like her ancestors in an old family legend, Claire finds herself on an adventure in an unknown land, the fairy-tale beauty of which is threatened by a race of semi-immortal Altered Men. Claire has to make a decision: will she let herself be swept along with the current? Or will she do her part to keep the Altered Men from taking over both the worlds she knows?