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For

Patrick, Freddie and Sean the next generation who were into computers
before they were out of nappies and have now come to grips with
karate.

From the way things are shaping up this looks like a good career move
for anyone with a ticket to the 21st Century.

Good luck, boys. Carry the torch. Hold it high.

CHAPTER ONE

In the spring of 2991, Mr Snow, wordsmith of the Clan m'call, faced a
difficult decision. Should he accompany the clan's delegation to the
trading post on the shores of the Great River - or should he stay
behind in the hills of Wyoming in case the cloud-warrior returned with
Cadillac and Clearwater?

Two winters had passed since his charges had flown into the Eastern
Lands and it was almost a year since the cloud-warrior had gone in
search of them. Brickman had promised to help them escape from the
Iron Masters but that was easier said than done. The Dead-faces were a
fearsome race who lived behind closed borders. No Plainfolk Mute taken
away on the wheel-boats had ever regained his liberty. But Cadillac
and Clearwater were no ordinary Mutes. They had been born in the
shadow of Talisman, and Brickman, the cloud-warrior, was also gifted
and resourceful and as cunning as a coyote. And though he did not yet
understand why, he too had been touched by Talisman.