A group of nine people, family & stranger, are forced to hide to escape the evil hunting them, General Mikhael Malig. Lorraine MacKie, an expectant mother among them, has visions of the future. She has seen her unborn child will one day help to change the world. Born blind, Gideon is destined to help save humanity from forces that would lead every soul to the darkness they themselves are trapped within. As Gideon grows, he is shaped by the people around him, gaining understanding and appreciation of the weaknesses & strengths of those he loves. As an adult, he will meet the woman who with her own unique gift will give him the strength he needs to do what he must. This woman is Sera, a deaf half-human, half-angel, created in a government lab with seven others. First she must overcome her own disability before she can discover who and what she really is. When she finally does, she will go in search of Gideon, and complete the great task they were born to do.

The Cloven is the epic climax to B. Catling's beloved genre-busting Vorrh Trilogy. In the stunning conclusion to Brian Catling's Vorrh trilogy, the colonial city of Essenwald gives up all its secrets, as the ancient forest seeks to reclaim what has been taken from it. Those who have been enslaved shall be no longer, and two heroes once thought dead shall reemerge stronger than ever. A man will be split in two, and a young woman will rise to the height of her powers. Meanwhile, the threat of war looms over London. Germany is gearing up to begin the Blitz, and only Nicolas the Erstwhile senses the danger to come. Will he be able to save the man who saved him? The Cloven is a book of battles and betrayals, in which Catling's incredible creations all fulfill their destinies and lead us to an epic conflagration with the fate of mankind hanging in the balance as the Vorrh attacks the one thing humankind can't live without.