Near-crippled after a freak accident, Iona Abernathy volunteers to trial Borderland Incorporated's revolutionary new exercise machine.However, the equipment is more than it seems......Trapped in an alternate reality, Iona takes refuge in a priory of the Great Wheel order, where the monks hail her as the living incarnation of a long-dead saint. Freaked out by the mediaeval living conditions of this world's society, and missing her family, Iona must discover how Borderland tricked her. Only then will she stand any chance of returning home.Meanwhile, local villagers keep disappearing, their unknown fate possibly connected to the deception that ensnared Iona. She has no choice except to join forces with the aggravating Zingari sword dancer, Shay Hawksmoor, who seeks to uncover the culprits behind the vanishings.Their quest becomes a journey of self-discovery, but will they have strength enough to face the devastating truth?