Sarah and Cabal head into the bowels of the earth to rescue Hopper's newborn son and Gravid's small elf daughter, kidnapped by Renegade Trolls. As they race to save the children Tom struggles against his wraith urges. Hopper fights to control his jealously of Sarah and Cabals growing relationship. As darkness closes in will the team survive the horrors of the netherworld long enough to find the missing children? Will their heightened emotions tear the team apart and endanger all their lives? Traveling the netherworld always comes at a cost. Who will pay the price?

Demon worship calls for sacrifice. It's Gabe's job to stop it. Alyssa escapes with her little girl from the clutches of the cult leader Walton. She races off into the night determined to keep her daughter from becoming his next victim. As Walton pursues her, Alyssa meets a handsome truck driver named Gabe, who is the most beautiful man she's even seen. His courage and selfless kindness sends ripples of emotion throughout Alyssa's petite form. Emotions she's never felt before. But will his courage be enough to protect her from the evil that pursues her?

Sarah has still not recovered from Hopper's loss. Sarah foolishly left the one person who could make her happy, behind at Fortress City after seeing Cabal in the arms of another woman. Now, Sarah has successfully hidden away in the Woodland Village, a safe haven where she can practice her magic. Cabal suddenly appears just as word reaches the village that a band of renegade Trolls has escaped the Netherworld. His presence stirs something inside Sarah that she has never felt before. Soon they discover that Jack and Nicole, Sarah's dearest friends are in serious trouble deep in the wilderness. An evil presence stalks their mountain seeking to destroy them. Sarah is forced to travel deep into the mountains with Cabal as they rush to their friends rescue. Will she be able to resist his charms long enough to save her friends? Will Cabal manage to convince Sarah of his love before it's too late? Will Sarah possess magic strong enough to defeat the powerful evil that stalks them? Will her friends agree to the terrible price they must pay to rid themselves of the beast?

Wouldn't it be cool to suddenly have the battle skills of a seasoned warrior? Wouldn't that be even better if the battles felt real but there was no physical risk to you? Wouldn't it be perfect if the hypnotist in charge of your session was not insanely evil and using you as a weapon in a plot for revenge? Four friends, two in love, two in hate enter into a Group Hypnosis study attempting to introduce fantasy adventures to small groups. They are promised a video game type of adventure rescuing an Elf Queen from her crystal prision as elf warriors, a sorceress and a fairy. As soon as they fall under the good doctors spell they begin to realize the adventure is more real than they could have ever imagined. They find themselves in a hostile world they can't seem to escape from. When Nicole Waters' boyfriend Tom becomes ill the prominent St Louis Assistant DA is forced to take Tom's best friend Jack Tyler, a local travel agent on a business vacation. Certain she's discovered the next hot trend in adventure vacations Nicole takes Jack and two others; Sarah Sims, a shy nurse practioner and Todd Hopper, a professional hockey player into a test program for group hypnosis. They travel to a small town in the middle of Kansas to meet Dr. Strong, the psychologist researching group hypnosis at his clinic . Undaunted by the fact that the so called clinic is housed in an ancient looking run down hotel and Dr. Strong's creepy assistants the group is eager to get started with their 'adventure'. Dr. Strong introduces the soon to be adventurers to an equipment filled gym explaining, "The wall of netting might become a series of vines or perhaps the side of a rock cliff. The weight machine will serve as stimulus if you are required to lift or push a heavy object. The stair climber will act as a tree, fortress wall or perhaps a rock incline you must scale." He then offers Nicole and her friends a mild sedative to aid in their simultaneous entry into hypnosis. Yet instead of experiencing an action packed fantasy adventure akin to a video game quest; they find themselves trapped in a deadly world of elves and monsters that is more real than they could ever imagine; where a cry for help goes unanswered.

After the tragedy of losing one of their own shortly after arriving in this new world the remaining adventurers begin to create a new life in a new world filled with elves and trolls. Suddenly the last surviving Elf Wizard vanishes in a violent storm leaving an entire battalion of Elf Warriors dead. Having recently completed her apprenticeship Sorceress Sarah Sims and her companions Jack, a skilled swordsman and his wife Nicole one of the last remaining Woodland Elves now face a mysterious magical foe of great power. Risking everything to save Sarah from the elven council's decision to execute her for treason, the elf Prince Cabal secretly sneaks the adventurers off in search of the menacing storm cloud responsible for the wizards disappearance. Sarah quickly discovers carelessness from their past has poisoned the land and caused the Trolls to emerge from their lair. After Sarah exerts too much magic battling the changeling, her friends have no choice but to trust the trolls. These same trolls who took Todd Hopper off in the darkness less than a year ago under the same pretext and he never returned. Cabal, Jack and Nicole allow the trolls to lead them deep inside the mountain so Sarah can recover in the safety of the troll cavern. What they find there shakes all of them to their very core and changes Sarah's life forever as they head into a battle that pits friend against friend.