The dream of being a superman came true for Max Quest—and immediately turned into a nightmare.

He was not alone. There were Others with extraordinary powers, and the last thing they wanted was another superman on Earth—especially one working for good instead of evil.

They couldn't kill him. But they could send him... elsewhere.

Elsewhere was the viciously hostile world of Qanar, where Max's powers didn't work and sorcery was a more potent weapon than science, where shadows were as menacing as steel. Max Quest still had to save Earth from the corrupt threat of the Others—but he found his destiny intricately linked with that of Qanar as well. And somewhere in space-time was his lost love...