More than a hundred years ago a boy named Samkad thinks he knows everything about the world.
He knows the mountains he lives in. He knows his people. He knows his blood enemy the Mangili.
And he wants to become a man to be given his own shield spear and axe to fight with. His best
friend Luki wants all the same things - but she is a girl and no girl has ever become a
warrior. But everything changes when a new boy arrives in the village. He calls himself
Samkad's brother yet he knows nothing of the ways of the mountain. And he brings news of a
people called Americans who are bringing war and destruction right to his home ...
