Synopsis: From the back cover of the DAW first edition: "The magic of the Demon Gods was mobilized for vengeance, was crying out: "We will strike in lands of the Abamba. We will strike along the East Coast. We will strike in Punt and Axum. And we will strike in the heart of Cush itself! "Yes in Cush! and in Cush we will destroy Imaro and avenge his slaying of Chitendu and Chikanda! With the Ilyassai gone, the rest of our tasks will be easy to accomplish..." Imaro was the key. Imaro was the obstacle to all their evil plans. Yet Imaro was but a man, a man of strength and power, but still a man. Could he stand against all of a continent's evil?"