What fix-it man Howard Bell believed to be the key to the Executive Washroom in a brand-new Boston office building actually unlocked a portal to the Fading Worlds, catapulting Howard into the middle of some decidedly lethal alien war games. With courage, ingenuity and the aid of a few unique allies, he rose to leadership of his very own battle-gang, and soon he and his Breakneck Boys had dedicated themselves to the destruction of their hidden masters, the cruel Keyholders. But a mysterious force kept pulling Howard and his Key back to that washroom door and threatening all that he held dear in his new-found life. The solution was clear: Before he could bring freedom to the Fading Worlds, Howard would have to return to where it had all begun--and face the deadly perils that awaited him on Earth . . .