In the time after the Great Destruction, the Kin in their remote mountain fastness increase their patrols of land and sea to fend off any of the many who would destroy them. Their enemies could be the dreaded Hittites, the still powerful Egyptians, or the newly powerful Phoenician traders or any others who desperate and ambitious seek to conquer them. As they figure out their strategy amidst all the killing, life goes on, the young are attracted to one another, there are romantic rivalries, babies are born, the old die, the traders trade, the soldiers train, the artists create, the leaders lead, they hope with honor. All must consider of the meaning of their lives and how they live them.
