Synopsis: The call to arms! The gods have spoken, and Jalav, warrior woman has heeded their command, joining together her Midanna warriors with the male fighters of the dark lord Sigurr to stand against the prophesied "strangers from the stars". Yet even as she marshals her forces, Jalav wonders how long the uneasy truce between male and female warriors will hold if the prophecy of coming battle proves false? What if the strangers from the stars are not truly Jalav's enemies? What if her greatest challenge comes not from some distant stellar realm but from the gods themselves? (from the back cover of the DAW Books first edition)