Soren is finding the saving-the-world gig a bit trying these days. Someone is opening portals that allow entities to come through that the most powerful wizards on the planet are struggling to dispatch. Syracuse, New York, a city barely worth pointing to on the map, has suddenly become a hotspot of paranormal activity. Before each encounter with these increasingly superpowered nasties, Soren is forced to raise his game to the next level, taking his transhuman upgrades and extending them further. He has become both Dr. Frankenstein and the Frankenstein monster in one as he continues to experiment on himself with nanotech. All the same, the man of science realizes he will have to team up with a supernaturally-powered wunderkind to have a chance in hell of lasting much longer. Enter the love interest. Naomi is a telekinetic--the most powerful he's ever seen. With her by his side, he could well have a fighting chance. There's the small matter of getting her to remove him from her kill-list. It's not like he has a lot of time to win her over, because, frankly, no one has seen power and magic like Victor Truman wields. He's the one opening portals left and right. And his hidden agenda? Well, if anyone knew, then it wouldn't be hidden, would it? But Soren's sixth sense is acting up; whatever it is, he may have even more to fear from Victor's hidden agenda, than Victor himself.