otherland in many ways it is humankinds most stunning achievement a private multidimensional universe built over two generations by the greatest minds of the twentyfirst century but this most exclusive of places is also one of the worlds best kept secrets created and controlled by an organization made up of the worlds most powerful and ruthless individuals a private cartel knownto those who know of their existence at allas the grail brotherhood though their purpose in creating otherland is still a mystery it may not remain so for long for they have exacted a terrible price from humanity in the process and even their highly organized global conspiracy cannot hide the nature of their crimes forever and now a small band of adventurers has penetrated the veil of secrecy that prevents the uninitiated from entering otherland but having broken into the amazing worlds within worlds that make up this universe they are trapped unable to escape back to their own fleshandblood bodies in the real world and as dangers and circumstances split their party into small widely scattered groups their only hope of reuniting lies in returning again and again to the river that flowsin one form or anotherthrough all the worldsbut the odds seem to be completely against them as theyand the one outsider with whom they might join forcesbecome hopelessly lost in realms where an ice age tribes fears can only be quenched in bloodwhere insects are as large and deadly as dinosaurswhere they are caught in the war between a man made of straw and one made of tinwhere cartoon ads take on a life of their ownwhere humans strive to survive in the aftermath of an alien invasionand where one among their party is actually the grail brotherhoods most terrifying weapona sociopathic killer who has never failed and whose current mission is to make certain that not even one member of this little invasion force lives long enough to reveal the truth about otherland to the people of earth