After making a lucky find in their previous expedition, Niall and his small band are embroiled in political controversy between the beetles and spiders, and are in danger of both pushing for too much and losing all, or pushing for too little and losing their opportunity for change. They follow a lead to the Delta, a lush, vibrant, and above all dangerous landscape held sacred by the spiders, trying to find something that will give them the bargaining power they seek.
Niall has a few very convenient hunches in this book. They fit into the plot, but I have to admit, it bothered me a little when he flips 180 degrees in his reactions to mental impulses from outside sources, and they conveniently happen to be right, It does have a little of the deus ex machina about it, but it's nevertheless a good chapter in the series.
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