Parallax

Two parallel storylines go across time to compare the fall of ancient Tarthalla with the apparent imminent fall of Diaxophas. Both worlds struggle with the moral dilemmas of power and authority: the unworthy who thirst for it versus the worthy who long to avoid it. Dyven and friends survive a whirlwind of political intrigue prison breaks technological gadgetry and espionage as both timelines hurtle toward very startling conclusions.