Publisher's Synopsis
Two spaceships leave Earth in 2107. They have a list of 23 possible new 'homes' to visit. Over the next 150 years, things get ugly between the leaderships aboard these two ships. It doesn't end well.3000 years later.On the smaller of two twin planets, life is hard. Every 280 years, the sun is eclipsed for 182 days by the planet's much larger twin, Big Sister.Temperatures drop to minus 150 degrees, and anyone not finding adequate shelter for the Long Night, perishes.The year is 5198. The next Long Night will be upon them in the spring of 5199.Instead of providing additional shelter for his people, King Thorman has decided to have his army kill half the population. That would solve his problem.His son Harald is leading a rebellion against his murderous father, trying to save as many people as he can. He gets help from a whole array of 'ordinary heroes', plus a few 'special ones': the Yukha'i and the Freg'u, two tribes of tall people with unusual skin colors. Also on his side are the Ya'nihu, the Elder Trees of the planet, who transform a little hunter girl named Allie into a Tree Speaker.Oh, and he gets help from Kilpa, too. They are cat-like predators with uncanny skills. You'll love them.
