Unseen influences have wreaked havoc on Timorous' life for years, but a chance encounter with an unusual man changes the course of her life. It's rumored he might be from Bliss, a place forbidden to even speak about. Prince Peccadillo isn't happy. Timorous is now on the run and considered highly infected. The only way for her to survive is tl leave Nowhere and travel through Obscurity, the space between, a place where no one survives - or so she's been told.