Rehan, the singer, has many lives. Lucky for him, since he's used upseveral - the last one rescuing a heart-stoppingly beautiful servingwench from the clutches of two of the most revolting denizens of theAnonymous City. Alyss, his mentor, a goddess of sorts, has plans forthe wanderer and tends to save him from his worst excesses of zeal.

It seems there is a rent in the fabric that holds the World in itsallotted position among the universes, and other realities areintruding. Syor, the culprit, is travelling the afterlives in search ofherself. Alyss finds her on the recently revealed island of Albion, ina most unusual bus station somewhere in the south of England, and inthe 'Seven Relms' that are Rehan's unconscious mind...