Book Three of the Serpent Catch Series. Catching the serpents was only the beginning. Before Tull can lead his people to freedom, Tull must first free himself from the beast within. He must break the fiery chains of Adjonai as he leads an uprising against the powerful Slave Lords, but the ultimate battle for Tull and his allies will come against the Creators, machines with minds of crystal waging a program of total genocide against all life on Anee. "No one who has read Dave Wolverton doubts that his is a major talent." —Algis Budrys, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction "For me, what lifts this book out of the first rank of quest-adventures and onto another plane entirely is Wolveton's creation of the Pwi, a people who are as loving and spiritual as Homo sapiens is angry and rational... an extraordinary novel of ideas that coexist quite easily with a powerful story of adventure and character... You won't soon forget this book." —The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction