Viekko returns from the first armed conflict against the forest people led by the Corporation marine and confronts Isra about the weapons they were...
Althea follows the Rainha until she finds the Rainha committing an unthinkable act. Meanwhile, Isra witnesses the brutal efficiency of Cytherean society at work.
Viekko wakes up in a strange place and learns something about the feared *Corsario* that exist at the edge of Cytherea.