here woven into a rich magical tapestry is the neverbeforetold story of ancient irelanda spellbinding tale of love and intrigue lust and murder rivalry and questof a time and a place long ago and far away that lives forever in our deepest fantasies back cover comments how can four stranded children survive and get back home after finding themselves transported to an alien planet in a distant part of the galaxy following a family tragedy the seekers children find themselves transported to a strange alien world named zantura where a powerful evil being named sarin has either murdered or enslaved nearly everyone the siblings must face and survive a series of seven deadly trials on the journey to find a longlost ancient relic which has the power to save zantura from sarin and to send the children home