Swing Island Book II - Balance of Power, continues the adventures of young Orehon Retnu as he is pulled ever deeper into the power struggles within his tree top forest world of Teapottum. Orehon"s already precarious life in the tree tops 700 feet above the ground, where any misstep could mean a quick and sudden death, is getting more precarious every day. Having escaped the clutches of slave traders by winning over a tribe of cannibals, Orehon returns home to pick up his new and unwanted life as a student. Trying hard to adjust to no longer being a hunter Orehon finds himself being drawn back into the world of slave trading, but this time, at a much higher level. As though guided by a mysterious hand, Orehon is plunged into the world of dark politics, where there is little room for innocence, and every survival skill Orehon possesses will be tested.