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Having reluctantly added the Warrior’s mate, Cahnya, to the mission to destroy any other Keys Rastar can find, complications begin to abound. Her mindreading ability makes her a target of fanatical religious zealots, thus adding another tumultuous ingredient to the increasing friction between Morauk and Rastar. The trio travel farther into the unknown, seeking strange tales and rumors, and thus find the Lost Tribes, Morauk and Rastar’s ancestors who had fled the Great Desolation a thousand years before. They are primitive animal worshippers who have been terrorized for many generations by what they call Fire Gods, grotesque creatures created by the Nameless One. The squat, toad-like ogres not only control the Key of Fire, but ride on the backs of dragons! There are also the sadistic, black-clad soldiers of Biskquann who wish to annihilate Rastar’s new-found allies. Can the Teacher cobble together enough warring clans to create a unified fighting force to fight both enemies? And what will the clansmen think of a white-skinned enchantress who not only speaks the tongue of their enemy, but can read their thoughts?