Lost in the distant outreaches of space, Sevan and the team seek out the Hermit of Chaldene to help them find a way home but the journey ends up taking them to another universe.Will they survive being folded and squeezed through black and white holes left right and centre and what will they find on the other side?More to the point, how will they get back?And if they do, will they still have their marbles?The Hermit Of Chaldene is book nine in the light-hearted Mastery of the Stars space opera series.