"In a future where humanity has scattered itself across the stars and Earth itself is now a dimly-remembered place of legend, two worlds of near-supernatural strangeness challenge two courageous young heroes." "The planet Beltane had been unscathed by the all-encompassing war of the four Sectors when Vere Collis and his friends, exploring caves underground, were trapped by powerful explosions on the surface. After wandering for days belowground, they finally found a way to surface, and emerged to find no sign of other humans. Instead, strange and deadly mutated creatures now roamed the surface. Were Vere and the others the last humans left alive on the planet... and could they survive in a danger-filled world transformed beyond recognition?" "Kilda's home planet had no place for her, so she took employment as a teacher and governess to two young children on the planet named Dylan. But she soon found that one of her charges has an invisible "dread companion" - and Kilda quickly learned that the companion is not imaginary at all, as it leads her charges into an other-dimensional world resembling the legends of Faerie. Though the other world has unknown dangers on every hand, Kilda must follow the children across the spatial barrier, knowing that she is their only hope." "Two complete novels of two very different heroes battling unknown evil, and fighting to protect the helpless in worlds that are wondrous, terrifying, and utterly alien."--BOOK JACKET.