Ryan and his friends arrive in a familiar redoubt, and after some exploration conclude that it is a redoubt in Louisiana, where they initially met Jak Lauren.

The companions make it to the MAT-TRANS chamber and make the jump. and Ryan rig a crude timed explosive, then wait with the others in the store's root cellar when the explosives detonate the companions flee in the ensuing confusion, though Ryan is wounded by one of the creatures. In short order the companions are surrounded by a large group of flying reptilian creatures, and after the companions take shelter in the town's General Store the creatures attack. Eventually the companions arrive at surprisingly intact town, which is revealed to be an 'Old West' themed reconstruction called Lonesome Gulch. All are tainted with an unknown substance that causes an unpleasant stinging on contact, and thus clearly undrinkable. The companions venture out cautiously into the barren surroundings, encountering a variety of highly mutated insect-like creatures, as well as a few sources of water, including a fast-flowing stream. from putting his sextant to use the fog also seems to interfere with both compasses and electronic equipment, including watches. The atmosphere outside is heavy and foggy, and in addition to preventing J.B. The normally seamless bulletproof glass windows are badly aligned, along with the doors, and the exterior control chamber appears to be a hastily constructed chamber carved from an existing cave, with chisel marks still showing in the surrounding granite. Theophilus Tanner, Mildred Wyeth, and Michael Brother arrive in a MAT-TRANS chamber which appears unusually constructed. Ryan Cawdor, his son Dean, Krysty Wroth, J.B. It was written by Laurence James under the house name James Axler. Twilight Children is the twenty-first book in the series of Deathlands.

Twilight Children by Torey L. Hayden