Coera

When Deyvid is finally unfettered, and wages full war against the Get of the South, he is able to drive the armies out of every land, but they keep spilling over the mountain walls. Defying the orders coming from Daethan, he leads what remnant of his army that will follow him over the walls and into the desert lands of the southwest to find the ruins of Bal Abillion - a city that had been great in the time of the Lion. A scrap of a note left from Illen to Riel leads Dafyd on a quest for this mirage city, and amidst the perilous traps laid to disrupt his every step, he finds the lonely Lil, who has isolated herself to prevent the treachery that allowed the Lion to undercut her.

The story ends after Dafyd has banished Lil to the moon, and colonizes the city with many of his own troops and Lil's unwilling slaves. Just as he is able to catch his breath and begin plans of return, he is cut to the heart - he feels Beckari die back at their home on the Savannah.