As George grew to understand the secret that lay behind dreams, he fine-tuned his 'thought-forming' of the new realm to become a skilled dream traveller or oneironaut. At this point, he thought this biggest problem was over. However, while he explored Endymion, his presence there got in the way of someone's carefully calculated plans. Soon he and his friends become the targets of numerous bizarre attacks and sleeping turns into a hazardous business again. Then the unthinkable happens: a direct attach in the waking world, which leaves the life of someone close hanging by a thread. The connection has been made and George and his friends identified as a threat. Dreams and reality then collide into a living nightmare as they launch a daring plan to save their friend and the right of everyone in the waking world to free dreaming.