Book three in the Tuball series. Shem, son of Noah, is ready to wed his long love Kara, but is called away to battle. He must help quell the attacks against the great city of Tuball from a war-mongering hoard known as the Oka and their allies the Ugric. In the battle, Shem is assumed dead and cannot tell Kara he is alive. He returns to his father's land, but is soon drawn back into a final war between the northern tribes with their huge Behemoths, and the southern tribes with military tricks and strategies. Away from city life and in the secluded mountains of Ararat, Shem's father, Noah,...