Siluk' s Tiamat Trilogy, and his book, "Mantic ore " have been compared to Star Trek, Stephen King, Michael Connelly and John Grisham's books. They are compelling, affecting, and portray life at the edge. In this third volume of his Tiamat series, the hero becomes vulnerable, obsessed and somewhat investigative, partly because of his youth, and anxiousness. As with his previous two volumes, he faces the demon world, within his city state of Yort, and outside it. Good fiction will takes you on a journey; what humans could face, is what they will look at. A step into a shift in time; from one era to another; in the middle is the soul that wants to say, it is all worth while. In this book as well as his other books; you go on such a journey, look at what may present itself. At the end, it is all worth while. It is a world of the 6th Millennium BC. It is The Age of Pride. An age we may have to face someday. The second part of this book, you find a conglomeration of hypnotic adventures; a spiritual journey throughout the land of Lemuria [ancient Pacific], counter balance to Atlantics.