At the Black Apparition's behest, Ketzwayo returns from the dead with magic designed to kill Dar and the entire animal kingdom of the Mydlands.

Dar helps Sagitto and Radia, centaur archers forced from the safety of their homeland.

Dar must right an imbalance of nature when the birds of the forest suddenly turn against humans.

The BeastMaster must intervene to prevent the Eirons' miraculous healing crystal from falling into the hands of the malevolent King Voden.