As the fourth book of the intriguing and frankly erotic Moontusk Chronicles unfolds, either the world is ending-or it's about to change beyond recognition. Separated by events beyond their control, the young lovers Dare and Hosis each believes the other has died. The White Mammoth Army commanded by Lord Jersis, the father of Hosis, decimates the female defenders of Kemnu. In the capital city Dare learns of the darkest secrets from his troubled past. A nefarious plot hatched in the Far East threatens to destroy the High Queen's sanity, and to further erode the new matriarchal regime. Meanwhile, from Lake Bandor a desperate attempt to end the conflict is literally launched upon the wings of giant vultures...