On the Fourth Planet: Hunger On A Dying World

On a harsh world stripped to subsistence, the Ul Kworn leads the front rank of his migrating people across a narrow band of life-sustaining soil. When a gleaming relic from a forgotten age rises in his path, it threatens not only his feeding strip but his standing among the Folk. The Law forbids trespass. Hunger forbids delay. And the neighbors who would gladly see him fail wait for him to weaken.

Driven by pride and dwindling energy, Kworn attempts the impossible. The metal burns his flesh....