Necessity's Child

On Surebleak, where Clan Korval has taken uneasy refuge, young Syl Vor yos'Galan meets Kezzi, an apprentice healer among the hidden, gypsy-like Bedel, when the clan opens its first community school. Their unlikely friendship starts building a bridge between Korval and the Bedel just as Rys Lin pen'Chala, found half-dead and hiding a dangerous past as a Department of the Interior operative, is taken in by the Bedel, setting up a collision that will test everyone's loyalties.