father. Mitt's father commandeers the boat, then forces them to sail to the Holy Islands. He plans to deliver Hildy to her fiancé, the Lord of the Holy Islands. This is Lithar. This is the man she was running away from, to avoid marrying. They arrive in the Holy Islands. The Holy Islanders say that a great one "will come on the wind's road with a great one before him and behind." Hildy and Ynen are taken prisoner. Mitt's father convinces Lithar, to have his own son, Mitt killed. Instead, the Holy Islanders refuse to harm Mitt. They maroon him on an uninhabited Holy Island. Hildy meets with Libby Beer herself. Libby tells her that, if she wishes to return to the Holy Islands, she must trust Mitt. Hildy reluctantly agrees. On the Holy Island, Mitt encounters two demigods, Old Ammet and Libby Beer, in person and learns their secret names. The uttering of the secret names produce cataclysmic effects. This explains the folk names by which the two demigods are called on Holy Islands: Earth Shaker for Poor Old Ammet; She Who Raised the Islands for Libby Beer. Hildy and Ynen are re-united with their father Navis. Navis tells his children that the new Earl wants to kill them. Mitt's father is taking Ynen and Navis back to Holand, but they are to be killed by the new Earl. Mitt arrives. Mitt invokes the greater name of Libby Beer, causing an island to rise up, destroying the boat. Mitt's father is killed. The Holy Islanders send them off to sea to go North. Mitt promises Poor Old Ammet that someday, he will return to Holy Islands as a friend, not as a conqueror. Characters Mitt Alhamittsson: A young boy who styles himself a Freedom Fighter, a murderer, and ultimately a fugitive from the law. Hildrida Navissdaughter: Granddaughter of Earl Hadd, betrothed at the age of nine to the Lord of Holy Islands as a political alliance. Her temper tantrums are a force of nature. Ynen Navisson: Grandson of Earl Hadd, an ardent boat lover and sailor. Ynen is the only one of Hadd's grandchildren who is genuinely nice. Navis Haddsson: The third and youngest son of Earl Hadd and the father of Ynen and Hildrida. Unlike his brothers, he isn't cruel, but he hasn't done much of anything since his wife died. Earl Hadd: The cruel and tyrannical earl