Situated along the Great Lakes, three subterranean cities designed to resist terrorism: a monastery, an Aboriginal settlement, and Shushan, corporate headquarters of a communications network, survive a devastating planetary disaster. Shushan´s CEO arrogantly assumes the persona of the ancient Persian King Ahasuerus, erects a magnificent citadel, and plots to conquer the region. In defence, monastery and Aboriginal forces work with Shushan´s Jewish underground to enter the world of the increasingly delusional and dangerous ruler of the Shushan Citadel.

Gloria Pearson-Vasey is a graduate of St. Michael´s Hospital School of Nursing, Toronto, the University of Western Ontario, and St. Peter´s Seminary, London. Born in Leamington, Ontario, in 1941, she has lived in Walkerton, Toronto, Waterloo, and Sarnia. She is a Secular Franciscan, holds a Master of Divinity Degree, and has worked in nursing, music, journalism, and parish ministry. Pearson-Vasey was a founding member of St. Francis Advocates, which serves autistic persons and their families in southwestern Ontario. With her son, Kevin, she co-authored The Road Trip: Life with Autism. Gloria Pearson-Vasey lives in the country near the Victorian town of Petrolia, Ontario, with her husband and their pets. She enjoys reading, travelling, nature, the tranquility of forests, and especially values time with her children and grandchildren.