What if? Dark clouds are forming. The Sarnonn rebels, seduced by Hakani's stories of the comparative ease of life at High Rocks, eye Kthama with jealousy. Akar'Tor's abduction of Tehya continues to haunt her, affecting her health and Khon'Tor vows to end the problem of his estranged son once and for all. Meanwhile; crimes from the past, long concealed, are now revealed before the High Council with devastating consequences.Wisdom says there is a time to wield the sword and a time to lay it down. The time has finally come for debts to be paid, in Retribution.Retribution is the ninth book in Series One of The Etera Chronicles.