If I were to describe this book, I would begin by saying it is about a person named Oshira Zahn, but that is not her real name. She is from a family of seven sisters who used to live on a great peninsula along the coast of Maine. However, times have changed, and no one alive today remembers her family. She is a white witch who was once a prisoner on her Uncle's planet, Chamavi. She barely escaped, yet she did. (That is another story) Now she can focus on her life's destiny- to recover the stolen gems of the goddess of Palandine. Before you ask, I must tell you that the Earth is part of a Pentaworld made up of five planets connected by vortex portals. The names of these worlds are Herstamonix, Chamavi, Palandine, and Fairyland. Earth is the center of these worlds and has more portals than the others. Access to these is limited to those with travel stones (diamonds) or the nicorn of a living unicorn. Oshira finds Earth complex, perplexing, and disturbingly barbaric! Some help her on her quest, and some hinder it, which is not a good thing to do to a white witch.