"LET ME SEE THAT OTHER WORLD AND KNOW THAT IT IS REAL."Blake William knows that worlds exist beyond what he can see and touch. Years of studying the occult have brought him tantalizingly close to what he seeks--close enough to draw the attention of the Strand Society, malevolent conspirators who jealously guard their knowledge of the Strands that make up all existence.Macaria Tully is the last in a long line of assassins serving the Society. What she lacks in magical abilities, she makes up for with constant training, determined to become the embodiment of death. To her, there is no greater glory than the transcendent beauty of annihilation.Alex Tannersley, a mage of tremendous power, defected from the Society and is determined to take them down. Blake, skilled but untrained, seems like the perfect recruit to his scheme. But the Society has sent Macaria to follow Blake--and he will lead her straight to Alex.Synesthetic musician Alma Vida has traveled the world in search of mind-altering rhythms and melodies. When she goes with Blake to visit Alex, she has no idea that Macaria is right on their heels--or that Alex will save them by pulling them through a portal into a surreal dimension outside of time and space, the Primordial Strand, home to the machinery that runs the universe.Alex seeks the Society's destruction. Blake yearns for holy truth. Alma pursues the song of creation. Macaria wants them all dead. And the Strands have their own ideas...