Sonia, Rye, and his brothers have survived the perils behind the golden and silver doors, but Weld is still under threat from the skimmers, and the companions must pass through the ancient wooden door in a last, desperate effort to save their world.
Rye has defeated the sorcerer Olt, freed the island of Dorne, and rescued one of his brothers, but when he returns to the city of Weld with his three companions, he finds that very little has changed--the skimmer monsters still attack at night and the Warden is behaving very strangely.
