In the fabled city of Vengiboneeza the tribe finds more mystery and turmoil. They are primitives amid the ruins of an interstellar civilization, amid machines that can devour Time or unleash the obscene, seductive power of collapsed suns. Beneath the enigmatic mocking of immortal talking icons, Koshmar and Torlyri fight to hold the People-and their own love-together, and fulfill the prohecy of the gods, while Hresh struggles to find the keys to his people's legacy and destiny. The New Springtime is beginning, but time is short.