Story by Sherri Smith. Art by Jan Duursema, Dan Parson. Cover by Doug Wheatley.
Hometree falls in a surge of roaring fire as the humans unleash the might of their airborne armada. Eytukan, the great chief of the Omatikaya, is dead, and Tsu'tey must assume the mantle of leader-even though it appears the only place he can lead his people is to their destruction.