Hidden Allies, False Friends: Book 2 of The Varthien Saga (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780994298416)

"Change isn't automatically bad, but that doesn't make it good either. Change causes friction. Friction causes heat. And enough heat can set the world on fire."

Clara's journey had been hard. Her escort had died in one of the many raiding bands that ravaged the Qoth landscape and she had travelled alone, on foot, fleeing North as a refugee to Karasta.

Peter and Petunia were enjoying their trip away, in search of Misty's lost dragon hoard, before they stumbled on the stranger in the jungle.

Norman, now facing the weight of responsibility as Magus, is called to face his past.

When circumstances throw them together, the fate of the planet rests in their hands. Will their decisions leave the planet in flames?