"In his search for his sister Issi, Hylas is kidnapped and sold into slavery and must escape the Crows with the help of his friend Pirra and a lion cub"--

"The eruption of a volcano has shrouded the sun in ash, and the harsh winter is never-ending. With no trace of his lost sister, Hylas takes a ship for Keftiu, to find Pirra and free her from captivity. But the Crows are also coming to Keftiu, led by Telamon, who is no longer a conflicted boy. And he knows what Hylas doesn't: that in the chaos of the volcanic eruption, Pirra found the dagger of Koronos and took it with her. Aided by Havoc, the lion...

When Bane is killed by the Soul-Eater Thiazzi, Torak sets off into the Deep Forest with his foster father and Renn to avenge his friend's murder, but they find themselves in the midst of a war between the Deep Forest clans.

In the turbulent world of the Mediterranean Bronze Age, Hylas, a lowly twelve-year-old goatherd, thief, and outsider, journeys from the Greek mountains to Crete and Egypt, making allies with animals, battling tyranny, and withstanding the elemental powers of the gods of land and sea.