Iron. Book Two

A tribe is under threat. Losing the elections to the Venture council, the contenders for truth—if only they had their way—shake the spiritual foundations with all their might. A traitor is taking shape among the Night Watchers, and Zhigalan, a member of the warrior brotherhood, gets deeper and deeper into internal contradictions. The chief finds it harder and harder to justify what’s happening—even among his most reckless followers, questions have started to form, to which only panic and anger come to mind in his answers. Meanwhile, the border guards are being bothered by an outsider who can’t be resisted—any attempt to do something in his presence keeps ending in failure, which many consider unnatural. Something is about to happen, and even addled old men who don’t leave their huts feel it. But what exactly…?