During an earthquake, archaeology college students Antoine and Skylar become trapped in an alternate universe by crossing barriers of space and time. T’Nikwa is filled with prehistoric beasts and brutal tribes. They befriend Buji, a Slyvan youth, who reveals Antoine is Twann in an old prophecy. A spiritual tribe, the Mishoni, adopt them. Oldeemus, the chieftain, leads an expedition, which separates Antoine for a prolonged period from Skylar, who is expecting his child. Rikker is obsessed with her and conspires to kill Antoine and usurp Oldeemus’s position. Rikker belittled Elvin, his minion, until he takes revenge and causes irreparable damage to Rikker, Antoine, and Skylar.
The complexities of life and death often wrap themselves around themes of destiny. The
idea that the universe is a living, breathing thing and it has orchestrated the events of
our lives can be a complex concept to accept in this modern day and age, and yet the
hope that we are “destined” for something far greater than we know, is an idea that
allows a person to not only feel meaning in their life, but to strive to better themselves to
fulfill that destiny.
