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The secret enemy is here. It hides in darkness, fools beware! The witch Sheba is tormented by strange visions of terrifying riddles. No one can help her except the boy Rowan, the "skinny weakling" whose face appears mysteriously in her dreams. Life in the village of Rin goes on day by day, unchanging. And then, unexpectedly, the Travellers arrive. They bring games and music, toys and tricks. But not everyone trusts them. Why have they come again so soon to Rin? Are they the "secret enemy" of Sheba's warning? Rowan is caught up in a web of intrigue and danger as he races against time to solve the witches riddle.

When an ancient evil threatens to devastate Rin, overcoming its people with a fatal sleeping sickness, Rowan, with help from a tribe called the Travelers, must decipher a rhyming riddle in order to save the land and its inhabitants.

When the travellers arrive at the village of Rin, Rowan enjoys their visit. They bring games and music, toys and tricks. But Rin is suddenly overtaken by a bizarre sleeping spell, and Rowan is one of the few left standing. He is caught up in a web of intrigue and danger, as he races against time to solve the witch's riddle.

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After a flying lizard carries off his little sister, Rowan of Rin and three companions are guided by a rhyming riddle on a journey to the land of their old enemy, the Zebak, in order to rescue her.