Captain Jisten and High Priest S�Rak flee north. It is past time for Jisten to claim his lands formally and S�Rak�s advancing pregnancy can no longer be hidden. The dark servants are traveling, too‹two separate teams work to reach S�Rak before the Koilathan crown can claim him, one to defend him physically and one to defend him legally.
In the meantime, a Lythadi conqueror has arisen with the strength to unite the warring clans for the first time in history, and he won�t be satisfied until Koilatha once more belongs to the nomads.
Warning: There is a brief, non-graphic, m/f scene