Act I: Wherein a boy is brought back to life and named "Cat," and three children (and the Vortex) journey to Truth's island.

Act II: Wherein the boy named "Cat" and his friends rescue a Fae named Dorian, Sarah shadowmances herself and Dor into Cat's mind, and Dee's backstory is explained.

CHAPTER I WAR: The kids are inadvertently placed in the center of a civil war. Simultaneous stories culminate in the end and the beginning.