"I suppose it is time that I tell you my story. There was a problem. A problem that could not be solved by anything we knew."

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As de facto leader of reborn Empleheim, Achron must answer the question of how to build a nation from nearly nothing. Can the swelling population of Niado find a place in a world that will not understand their very existence and fears the power they possess?

The damaged citrine power core of the Zephyr grows increasingly unstable, with the potential to unleash tremendous harm, but Seleen speaks of a far greater danger, the likes of which they can hardly comprehend. The youngest Windslo litter is growing up to face not only practical challenges, but also a calamity that threatens more than just their world.