The islanders travel to Ardis, where they find the remaining Oracle of Ravennis spreading a new gospel - one in which Ravennis is the new Lord of the Underworld. Criton and Bandu discover a community
A coward' son, a merchant's daughter, a young price, a wild girl, and a half-dragon all find themselves refugees from their island home. When a plague destroys their home, they try to forge their own
