25th Anniversary Edition If the High House is changed, so too is the universe. As the new lord of Evenmere, Carter Anderson has much to learn about the Victorian manor that maintains and protects all of existence. Now, his former foes have returned, an assault on both the house and his unproven ability to defend it. Hidden beyond the Ebony Plain, the Man in the Dark is stealing the mansion's power, attempting to remove pain and death from the cosmos by building his own version of the house. But doing so may create a soulless universe devoid of free choice. Through the twisting corridors, endless chambers, and strange countries within Evenmere, Carter and his followers must seek the false house, where a captive girl's tortured dreams are turning reality into nightmare. And only she can lead the way. . . Book Two in the award-winning Evenmere Chronicles.