Home, familiar, alien. Answers?

Tristan returns to the one place he never expected to go to: Samalia—home, dragged there against his will by Alex, who believes its people hold Tristan's cure.

What Alex discovers is that a corporation is taking over the planet, bit by bit, and simply returning a Samalian artifact isn't enough to complete the ritual.

Can Alex stand still long enough for Tristan to rebuild the place the artifact belongs? Can Tristan remain sane enough to do the work? And if Tristan does get better, will Alex be able to accept what it means? For once broken, can someone ever be exactly who they used to be?