Synopsis: Duwan had been foremost of the Drinker warriors in training, destined in time to become the leader of all the valley's warriors. Then an accident had claimed his arm, leaving him unfit to lead. With no other choice, Duwan turned to Drinker legends for hope, legends of a lost homeland to the south, where the sun was so strong, the soil so rich, that a Sundrinker could regenerate a lost limb. And so Duwan left the valley, seeking this fabled paradise. But what he found was the Enemy, the dominant less evolved form of his species called the Devourers, who lived by preying upon other life forms. The Devourers, who, ages ago, had driven the Drinkers from their homeland, intent on their total destruction. Yet to Duwan's horror, he found Drinkers too, Drinkers enslaved by cruel Devoourer overlords! And suddenly Duwan understood why his destiny had brought him here - to lead his people to freedom! (from the back cover of the DAW Books first edition)