At the center of the world sits Chem, the first murderer, who slew his brother Anu in an act that bent the heavens. For millennia his Eye has hung in the dark and cold, radiating hate, fed by the slaughter of his nighttime hunters, the monstrous Golgos. Now a small band of Golgos have escaped from Chem's Mouth and learned to hunt by day. Soon they'll become a horde crossing the continent, taking city after city and killing everything in their path. Only the islands offer temporary sanctuary. Sesklos is one, and Aletes and his friends make preparations for the worst. It comes when the Golgos learn to cross the sea. Facing a last stand, Aletes' companions assay a daring mission to the Underworld. If that fails, humanity's sole remaining hope of survival is the cloud machine...
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