Valley Of The Crulls

Book 2 (Valley of the Crulls Trilogy). On a cursed recon mission to transgress the center of the galaxy three men find themselves stranded on an unknown world due to mechanical failure. They are captured by a primitive race, separated and taken north into wilderness. Finally one of them escapes and the search for his friends begins. Nick will meet another race of humans, and with their help he will try to outwit their enemies from the north. Yinna rides and controls a formidable antlered animal called a shadowbeast using telepathic images. She helps defend her walled city and its defenseless grainfields from destruction or burning by the cruel northern race. Her presence will prove invaluable in their quest for freedom. Nick will also find that the planet harbors another reclusive intelligent race unlike anything that has been discovered by earth or its colonization throughout the galaxy. An alien winged species.