Dibell"s latest novel takes us again to the world of the Valde warriors and the legendary science menace of forbidden Kantmoire.Jannus confronts triple danger as the immortal monster Ashai Rey hunts him down, as his protector of the Crescent goes to battle with the dictratess of the Circle, and as the warrior women bands challenge him to deadly combat.The outcome would affect all on that once great but now declining planet -and only the power conferred on him as the secret king of Kantmorie held hope against the overwhelming scientific machinations of the Star.