Thirteen years after Mumm-Ra's final defeat, war-like Alaksandu is Chieftain of Evabon. Pwyll, Lion-O and Dobo all seek to replace him with Balor who is loved by the Evabon. Knowing this, Alaksandu sets out to kill Balor so he can't be replaced as Chieftain. When the conspirators hear of this, they must act quickly otherwise the Evabon of the people will be killed by a monster.

Final sequel to The Savage Heart. Gard, Hattanzo and Lynx-O rush to the aid of an evabon village threatened by the villain worshipping, Scourge of Mumm-Ra. As they do so, Gard gets to know the young evabon Balor, one so familiar yet so different.