When he is invited on board, his entire life changes. He is recognized as being Kiffa-walker, a native of Terre. He survived a shipwreck 14 years before, and now the Kiffa on the ship agree to take him home.

His young friend, Mia, also a sea urchin, makes her way on board and he gets the men to agree to take her along as well.

Thus begins a new adventure in the land of Terre, where terrible things have been happening since a princess from Verde married the crown prince.

Once upon a time the Kiffa of the cities and the Wind-wanderers of the desert lived in peace. With them working together, their land prospered.  But when the Princess Maldici married the Prince, all things began to change. Assassins were brought in from Verde, and soon the Kiffa-walkers were making slaves of the Wind-wanderers and destroying their way of life.

When Ambro and Mia are introduced into this world, they find themselves playing a role in the righting of wrongs, bringing back the peaceful co-existence of the people of Terre.

The adventure is much about finding a place in the world, developing an identity and living by a moral code. A young woman named Noleena, who has lived as an orphan in a long-forgotten temple discovers she is to play a large role in returning her people, the Wind-wanderers, to their rightful place.

A young bandit and horse breeder of the Wind-wanderers, Hasim, finds his destiny in the hands of both the young princess and the strange young people who have come from Verde.

The book is an interesting story, well-written, with a visceral world. The characters, and Terre itself, become real.  It will be interesting to see where things go from here.