If Dag and Fawn’s hard-won partnership in Horizon—weathering prejudice on the road west, tackling a malice together, and building a shared purpose—was what hooked you, you’ll love following Ista dy Chalion as she claims her second life. Her slow-blooming connection with Illvin grows out of battles against demons and divine meddling, much like Dag and Fawn’s bond tempered itself in danger and service to others.

If you enjoyed Dag and Fawn’s pragmatic, road-tested approach in Horizon—from tracking a malice to using groundwork like a craftsman’s tool—you’ll click with Rowan’s boots-on-the-ground investigations. She maps strange "magics" (blue jewels, dragons) with clear-eyed logic and fieldwork, echoing Dag’s medicine-making lessons and the party’s practical, frontier problem‑solving.

If the warm, communal vibe of Berry’s flatboat crew in Horizon—where Whit, Fawn, Dag, and even skeptical Lakewalkers turned into family while easing farmer–Lakewalker mistrust—made you smile, the Wayfarer’s crew will feel like home. Rosemary, Sissix, and Dr. Chef navigate differences with empathy and humor, building the same kind of hopeful, cross-cultural camaraderie Dag fights for.

If you were moved by Dag’s attempts in Horizon to reconcile farmers and Lakewalkers—teaching groundwork carefully, honoring boundaries, and healing old harms—you’ll appreciate Sutty’s work on Aka. She learns a suppressed tradition and negotiates with an occupying bureaucracy, mirroring the patient, respectful cultural bridge‑building that defines Dag and Fawn’s mission.

If Dag’s medicine-making lessons and farmer apprenticeships in Horizon—turning wary students into capable partners against a malice—were your favorite parts, you’ll love Agnieszka’s fractious training under the Dragon. Their uneasy mentorship evolves into true collaboration as they face the corrupting Wood together, much like Dag’s teaching grows into shared, life‑saving expertise.