Friends & Enemies or Harvest; Book Eight: Treasure Hunters Summary

In the prologue of book eight, Ted the bug is helping the people from the Old Man's Cave make their way through the ghost circles. The holy men in the group still don't think that Lucius can be trusted. Lucius finds the tracks left from Thorn and the others when they came through. Lucius sends Ted on to find Gran'ma and let them know they are coming. The holy men in the group are left with the choices of going back on their own through the ghost circles or following Lucius and the tracks.

Chapter one begins with Thorn and the rest of the group outside the gates of Atheia. A small girl, Taneal, gives Thorn a prayer stone. They make their way to the front gate knowing that...