It has only been only three months since Carole Sylphwood set off from Earth on a dangerous journey. Her goal was to find and repair the Hub, her home world, which had been thrown into chaos by the Conundrum. But instead of being welcomed back as a hero, she finds herself more an outcast than ever. If that isn't bad enough, despite her repairs things are getting worse. It's almost as if someone is deliberately trying to create trouble. But why?Does Carole have enough time to figure out what's going on before somebody gets seriously hurt, or will she be forced to run for her life?

Carole isn't entirely human, but doesn't quite believe it. After all, it's not that unusual to talk with pigs or have rubbery bones. If only she could convince her foster-father to leave the horrible Murtz family farm and find work elsewhere, Carole is certain their lives would improve. Catapulted into a peculiar and dangerous quest, she fights werewolves, dines with faeries, battles dragons, and talks to pigs. Never in her wildest dreams would she have suspected that her freakish abilities are all that stands between the eventual collapse of the universe and finding her way home.