The Books of BarakhaiBy: Mickey Zucker Reichert Series: Books of Barakhai Benton Collins was a graduate student working in the bio lab to earn his way to his degree. When a white lab rat somehow managed to escape its cage, Ben found himself chasing the rat into a storeroom that would ultimately lead him through a secret gateway into the realm called Barakhai. And in Barakhai, Bens life would be forever changed, for this was a place peopled by inadvertent shapeshifters,