Chapter 8 Overview

Lagolen takes his children away from their home but not where his daughter Oyn'a thinks they were headed. Oyn'a asks her father about her mother and how she died but Lagolen is evasive. He says he wants to protect them but she rejects that. Lagolen relents and tells her about her mother. They are heade for one of the sanctuaries that have been built in each province as way to let the Myshkans practice their traditions without going to the main temple which has been taken over by the Kevutians. When they get to the sanctuary they think that they are being watched but find out instead that others are being watched. They observe the Sifuti runnig from the sanctuary just before it explodes. The Sifuti find the three and ask them to follow.