The latest classic instalment of Foster's sumptuous epic continues through the 1950s. Our tenth volume finds our band of heroes making their way back to the kingdom of Thule via Constantinople and Eastern Russia. Soon they are attacked by a tribe of barbarians who kidnap Aleta for the great Dragada Khan who wants to make her one of his wives. After nearly being killed in battle, Valiant returns to his homeland only to find the threat of hunger hovers over Thule.