It has been three years since the three army war first started. Now the entirety of Zanchier fights against the Scaithers, and Zanchier is now in an almost constant state of chaos. The growing Scaither organization is harder to control as more and more people take to the undisciplined raider lifestyle. The Scaither attacks are growing more frequent, especially in the smaller villages, which have limited militaristic resources. The gifted LARS telepaths now patrol Loradin and its surrounding villages and cities twice daily using the creatures with which they have bonded, and are known as the Animal Brigade. Wynne Brinley, now fourteen, has discovered an underwater creature living beneath the southern most shores of Everly Lake near the dreaded and feared Marshlands. Silus Aersor, her friend and Raisedback Vindaper vendor tells her of the legend that the old-timers often speak; an evil deadly creature known as the Sea-beast. Could what she saw have been that same creature? Can Zanchier overcome the growing rule of the Scaithers? Is there still hope for the future of the youth of Zanchier?