[2] The stories follows on directly from Warrior of Scorpio with Dray Prescot being abandoned through treachery in the hostile territories of Turismond.

He travels on foot and manages to rescue a young local girl from the hands of a savage tribe.

He successfully crosses the Owlarh Wate and eventually reaches the Klackadrin, a natural barrier between the hostile territories and the coastal lands.

At this stage the story stops with the explanation that the tapes Dray Prescot recorded in Africa finish here.

Prescot has reached the east coast of Turismond and is recovering in the city of Pa Mejab, a colony of the Tomboram, a nation of the island of Pandahem, a fierce rival of Vallia.

Prescot learns that Pa Mejab is a colonial town of the Kingdom of Tomboram, located in the north east of Pandahem and in bitter feud with Menaham, another Pandahemian nation.

The merchant ship strands on a beach on an island and Prescot, his companions, and most of the crew escape after a short fight.

Prescot, with the help of Inch, takes the current Kov of Bormark captive and forces him to confess to the attempted murder of Tilda and Pando he organised in front of King Nemo.

The pirate fleet defeats an armada of Menaham and then sails to Pomdermam to save the city just in time before it falls.