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Chapters (76)
  1. Also By
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Map
  6. Chapter One: Ujurak
  7. CHAPTER ONE:
  8. Chapter Two: Lusa
  9. CHAPTER TWO:
  10. Chapter Three: Toklo
  11. CHAPTER THREE:
  12. Chapter Four: Kallik
  13. CHAPTER FOUR:
  14. Chapter Five: Lusa
  15. CHAPTER FIVE:
  16. Chapter Six: Toklo
  17. CHAPTER SIX:
  18. Chapter Seven: Toklo
  19. CHAPTER SEVEN:
  20. Chapter Eight: Ujurak
  21. CHAPTER EIGHT:
  22. Chapter Nine: Kallik
  23. CHAPTER NINE:
  24. Chapter Ten: Lusa
  25. CHAPTER TEN:
  26. Chapter Eleven: Toklo
  27. CHAPTER ELEVEN:
  28. Chapter Twelve: Ujurak
  29. CHAPTER TWELVE:
  30. Chapter Thirteen: Kallik
  31. CHAPTER THIRTEEN:
  32. Chapter Fourteen: Ujurak
  33. CHAPTER FOURTEEN:
  34. Chapter Fifteen: Toklo
  35. CHAPTER FIFTEEN:
  36. Chapter Sixteen: Kallik
  37. CHAPTER SIXTEEN:
  38. Chapter Seventeen: Ujurak
  39. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN:
  40. Chapter Eighteen: Lusa
  41. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:
  42. Chapter Nineteen: Ujurak
  43. CHAPTER NINETEEN:
  44. Chapter Twenty: Toklo
  45. CHAPTER TWENTY:
  46. Chapter Twenty-One: Ujurak
  47. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE:
  48. Chapter Twenty-Two: Kallik
  49. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO:
  50. Chapter Twenty-Three: Lusa
  51. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE:
  52. Chapter Twenty-Four: Toklo
  53. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR:
  54. Chapter Twenty-Five: Lusa
  55. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE:
  56. Chapter Twenty-Six: Toklo
  57. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX:
  58. Chapter Twenty-Seven: Kallik
  59. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN:
  60. Chapter Twenty-Eight: Lusa
  61. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT:
  62. Chapter Twenty-Nine: Ujurak
  63. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE:
  64. Chapter Thirty: Kallik
  65. CHAPTER THIRTY:
  66. Chapter Thirty-One: Toklo
  67. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE:
  68. Chapter Thirty-Two: Ujurak
  69. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO:
  70. Chapter Thirty-Three: Ujurak
  71. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE:
  72. Chapter Thirty-Four: Kallik
  73. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR:
  74. About the Author
  75. About the Publisher
  76. Cover

‘Who is this?’ he demanded, pointing at Ujurak.

Ujurak flinched as the villagers all turned to stare at him.

‘I don’t know. I’ve never seen him before,’ the woman with the goose spirit answered, craning her neck to give Ujurak a closer look.

To Ujurak’s relief, Tiinchuu pushed his way through the crowd and laid a hand gently on his shoulder. ‘I found the boy unconscious on my doorstep,’ he told the strangers. ‘I’ve treated his injuries, and he’s getting well. I’ll take him back to rest now.’

He began to propel Ujurak towards the door, but the Senator thrust him aside. ‘This is monstrous!’ he exclaimed. ‘This boy is seriously ill; I can tell that just by looking at him. He needs urgent medical care.’

‘He’s getting all the care he needs.’ There was an edge to Tiinchuu’s voice.

The Senator let out a sigh. ‘I mean modern facilities – the kind that you don’t have.’

Ujurak let out a cry of terror as the Senator stepped forward and picked him up. Tiinchuu grabbed the man’s arm, but his companions pushed the healer away.

‘I’m going to see the boy gets the help he needs,’ the Senator said, thrusting at the hut door with one shoulder and carrying Ujurak out into the open. ‘As for the rest of you people, it’s time you woke up and joined the real world!’

Chapter Eighteen: Lusa

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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:

Lusa

Lusa poked her head out yet again from the shelter of the rocks. ‘They’ve been in there an awfully long time,’ she whimpered. ‘I hope Ujurak is OK.’

She saw her own anxiety reflected in Kallik’s eyes as the white bear peered over her shoulder. ‘Maybe we should never have brought him to the flat-faces.’

‘If we hadn’t, he’d be dead by now.’ Lusa was at least certain about that. ‘I know he doesn’t have to be afraid of the flat-faces who live here. It’s these new ones I don’t like.’ She wrinkled her nose at the harsh scent of the metal bird, suppressing a shiver as she remembered the three strangers in their sleek black pelts.

‘Should we go and look through the gap in the wall?’ Kallik suggested, jerking her head towards the big den.

Lusa was tempted, but she guessed that with so many flat-faces inside, they were sure to be spotted. ‘I don’t think –’ she began.

A crash interrupted her. The door of the den had been flung open, slamming back against the exterior wall. The three visiting flat-faces strode out into the open. Lusa’s belly lurched in terror when she saw that one of them was carrying Ujurak in his arms.