Laura’s Nan died just as Laura’s powers of matakite are reawakening. Jury has come back into her life and Tama seeks to destroy Jury and everyone and everything that is important to him. Tama’s henchmen, the Patupaiarehe are constantly looking for every opportunity to kill them. Laura’s matakite allows her to move between this world and world of Tāne-mahuta, Tangaroa and Tūmatauenga. But the gods cannot know this as it is forbidden for mortals to be there. Laura conceals the truth from her parents to keep them alive – but can she keep this truth hidden from the gods?