Book excerpt: Interdimensional explorer Boone Dias, a brilliant scientist from Earth, enters the magical world of Ether and stumbles onto a great responsibility that takes him through the center of volcanoes, deserts full of living mummies and sphinxes, and a bizarre fairy forest - all leading toward a final climactic battle for the fate of both worlds. Collecting every issue of Ether in deluxe, oversized hardcover edition, along with every cover and all published bonus content.