In The Lightning Struck, Odele, with his large innocent blue wood dye coloured eyes, must help Edgar and the people of The Way to rescue his siblings and the Violet Sorcerers from the clutches of the people traffickers in this sequel to The Children With The Sky In Their Eyes. It is a dark medieval fantasy. Rufus, the descendant of King William is a calculating and cold adversary who also has telepathic powers and it is only by joining forces with the dog warriors of the pitted lands that he can be faced down. The monumental storms tearing the lands apart make matters worse for Edgar and have unfortunate consequences.