What would you do if your father was lethally poisoned in front of your eyes? ...and you were the only one who could get the antidote to save him? ...and that antidote was only found in a parallel universe? Padraig Orion is about to find out... The Earth's ecosystems are in danger of collapsing and 16 year old Padraig Orion is assisting on an Antarctic climate research expedition led by his father, Professor Jonathan "Jack" Orion. When Jack is mortally wounded, Padraig learns he must travel to a parallel universe called Pangaea - the birthplace of all life - to find the antidote. Along the way, he discovers his mother is not truly human, his body can change shapes and his father's attackers have a larger plan - accelerate the Earth's environmental destruction to cull the human population. Trying to stay ahead of this mysterious group of killers, in a world he knows nothing about - Padraig pushes frantically forward to save his father, his family and possibly life on Earth forever...