The Frightened Planet

Karn is a lithe hunter cast out from his tribe after a brutal showdown with Tur, the jealous chief who cannot grasp Karn’s restless curiosity. Flight through the night forest tests his speed, instincts, and the fierce determination that keeps him one step ahead of pursuing kin. As dawn brightens the trees, the exhausted warrior pauses at a bubbling spring, his senses alert for both danger and the promise of water.

Beyond the glade floats a massive, glass‑green sphere that hums with an unseen power. When its lid opens, two diminutive, hairless figures stumble out, trembling in skins that cling to their fragile frames, followed by a taller, striking woman whose presence sparks Karn’s wary intrigue. For the first time since his exile, the outcast faces a mystery far stranger than any tribal feud.