Heir to the Sand

by John Taff

The sequel to The Cloud Gatherer begins several years after that book. Haran, now Sultan of Oas and Entana, has married Qeemah and they are expecting a son. But pressing problems vex his reign. The water problem in Entana, the reason for that city's attack on Oas that resulted in Haran's ascendancy to Sultan, has grown worse. And there seems to be nothing to correct it. There simply aren't enough Gatherers to go around.Then, tragedy strikes. Qeemah and Haran's infant son is kidnapped soon after his birth and spirited from the city. Haran, distraught, assembles a group of his best men...

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