Cahokia is divided as Spotted Wrist prepares an assault on Evening Star Town and the new Keeper’s loyal forces tighten their control over the centre of the city. Rival factions invoke religion, kinship and military necessity while the survival of Morning Star’s political order remains uncertain.
The concluding Cahokia novel brings the struggles of the ruling clans, Night Shadow Star and their enemies into a final contest over who will command the city and define its sacred future. Personal vengeance and supernatural claims become weapons in a civil conflict whose outcome will reshape Cahokia’s wider network of settlements.