after the climax of book 4, the ex-drow team is back, only to be slaughtered by a powerful, newborn force of evil. meanwhile, minmax, forgath and kin traverse the pocket-dimension dungeon crawl, the maze of many. the trio is locked in a deadly race against over two hundred alternate versions of themselves, ultimately confronting a psion alternate of minmax who is sabotaging the maze. after defeating him, minmax and forgath teleport back to their home world to do a long-awaited battle with gap. however the two teams must unexpectedly side with each other to deal with kore.