Bulan

Raib, Seli, and Ali travel to another clan world with adults and an added companion, Ily, expecting a diplomatic visit and a chance to build cooperation between clans. Instead, they arrive during a major festival and are pulled into a dangerous competition with other contingents.

The contest sends them across the clan’s terrain in a series of challenges, puzzles, and encounters with strange animals, technology, and natural hazards. Along the way, the group’s individual abilities, especially Raib’s growing powers and Seli’s electricity, become increasingly important.

As the competition continues, the true purpose behind the event emerges and the stakes rise sharply. The journey builds toward a confrontational ending with loss, betrayal, and a final outcome that leaves the larger conflict unresolved for the next book.