Ten years after a meteorite hit the planetary satellite system, the world is still recovering from the ensuing chaos. In Queenscliff, Victoria, a new society is born, patterned on a medieval court. Into this framework the 14-year-old telepath Alain Beastfriend is sent on a quest: to rescue a fellow telepath, the girl Tyrell of the Dolphin, slowly dying in an unknown prison for an unknown cause. A novel in the 'Hodder SF Fantasy' series, based on ideas derived from the Society for Creative Anachronism. For ages 12Q16 years.