the peaceful kingdom of lentari is rocked by the disappearances of several citizens, and when the latest-a young girl-vanishes, the king dispatches his top aides to find out what's happening. piecing together the clues, they ride to a lush forest near the seaside town of capily where they come across an odd disturbance in the undergrowth. a few tests, and it's evident the anomaly is a portal of some sort, and the consensus is that they will need the strongest teleporter known to the kingdom in order to solve the mystery of where the portal leads and how it has taken the missing villagers. the only teleporter with this much power is lady sarah, the human with the needed jhorun to possibly save them. sarah and her husband steve transport to lentari from their home in america, and as she is studying the odd new portal the unthinkable happens. lady sarah is pulled into the portal and vanishes! steve is frantic, and although he has no idea where she has gone or how he will find her, he jumps through the portal to save his cherished wife. what happens next defies all the known laws of how portals work, as this one sends them to another world-and in another time!will they find any trace of the missing villagers? and more importantly, will they find each other? newly edited and re-released! * * * praise for jeffrey poole's epic fantasy novels: "i loved this book. it had so much imagination to it. great for young and old." - d. estrada "there's adventure & a little humor and all the characters are just right. " - happy2day "i especially liked that this story revolved around a husband and wife team, rather than being the typical "hero's journey" of an adolescent boy." - m.l. "... plenty of action, adventure, and romance, but is harmless enough for pre-teens to read; it is a well-told tale." - 5 stars on amazon "if you love wizards, dragons, griffins & such, you have got to read the bakkian chronicles!" - 5 stars online review