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To Rowan



Contents
Introduction
Part One: The Assassins
Part Two: The Living Dead



Introduction
In the waterless desert of North Khaybad, a small family of humans lives in an
underground cave. At this time, the earth is dominated by giant telepathic spiders who
breed human beings for food. They scour the skies in spider balloons, seeking to bring
under their control the few human beings who remain at large. These include Niall, a
youth who daydreams of one day finding a way to destroy the spiders and restore men to
freedom.
A hundred miles to the west is the country known as the Great Delta, perhaps the
most dangerous place in the world. And it is on a trip to the Delta, in search of healing
drugs, that Niall's uncle and cousin are killed by one of the man-eating plants.
Ingeld, the dead man's widow, longs to return to her family home in the
underground city of Dira, near the great inland lake, and Niall and his father, Ulf, agree to
escort her there. It is in Dira that Niall loses his heart to the beautiful Princess Merlew,