Book II in the Elanclose series, Aqueous Passage continues the adventures of the four clans. On board the Genoa Fern has developed a friendship with Oak's antagonist, Elm. Alongside the Lakellers they follow the airship that flies ahead of them as they travel through the Aqueous Passage. On the airship Avila Rose Denver is preparing for what may lay ahead. His alliance with Oak has become stronger. He finds an Aviatilian willing to become part of the rebellion. Aware that they travel to danger they collude in the hope that joined they will have the strength to fight Kisin. In Elanclose the winds have brought unease. Willow has known that troubled times are ahead and now she must face her fears. Taking to the forest she is enlightened by the aura's and finds her fate has a different direction than what she'd thought. In the Citan City trouble is forming. Washington has his sights set on claiming more power and making the Citan City stronger. Without Denver to question his actions he looks toward Elanclose Forest and what benefits may lie there. A gripping novel of conflict and power struggles in the midst of which love fights to survive.