ZALE visits Mar 4 and discovers the planet in turmoil from drought and lack of food. Our heroine reunites with her estranged sister who rules a CLOTEC kingdom. INEZ is a dragonfly rider and must gain permission to leave from MEGALO and ATTICUS the leaders of the Crimeri clan. Zandar has to fight a Yeti slave master who first sold Zale into captivity. Clotecs help them defeat the Sasquatch. Zandar, Zale and Inez are captured by the Krieas upon returning to Astral East. They are held in a dungeon at Wedno and tortured until they can escape.