<p><em><strong>"Sullivan's commitment to creating a world unlike any we've ever experienced is astonishing." — Ulysses Dietz</strong></em><br></p><p><br></p><p><em><strong></strong></em>A centuries-long stalemate endures over possession of a sentient world.<br></p><p><br></p><p>In one corner, a dwindling cabal of shamans holds onto a desperate defence; in the other, a colony of aliens try to control a bio-engineering experiment run amok.<br></p><p><br></p><p>In the middle stands a youth who has been genetically altered to 'Shape' the elemental powers. Yet if Tokela claims his power, it will make of him an outcast, a catalyst—and a weapon.<br></p><p><br></p><p><em>The stalemate is about to break...</em><br></p>