Jaron Feldergrass has found the humans who have captured his people, but is too late to stop the kidnappers. While the general-turned-mercenary K'rol Vhael leads his strike team deeper into the mountains, Jaron and his cousin Beetle must find their own way and their own allies. Against them stands a Red priest and his unnatural minions. At stake is more than the lives of Jaron's people, as the powers that the priest unleashes threaten to transform the entire Cinder Valley. The third book in the series "The Colors of Fate."