The adventures of Taia and Batu continue in THE GOLDEN SWORD, where he becomes the main character. His mission is to retrieve the golden sword thrust into the Pontos Sea by Leviathan. It is necessary to activate Captain Ezra Kharib’s ship

because it’s the only vessel capable of crossing the Pontos so that Batu can return to his home town  where his elderly parents await him. The town was captured during the great war and isolated from the rest of the country.