Chapter 8, Another Way into Orgoreyn Summary

Genly Ai spends the summer more as an Investigator than a Mobile, traveling from town to town and between Domains in the land of Karhide, watching and listening. During the month of Kus, Genly lives on the Eastern Coast in a Clan Hearth called Gorinhering. While here, Genly hears a Palace Bulletin over the radio announcing that the king is pregnant. They king already had seven heirs, but none were born from his body. To prevent being stuck in Old Karhide for the rest of the year, Genly must return to the West Fall before the passes of the Kargav are closed. Early in Gor, the first month of autumn, Genly arrives back in Erhenrang, only to find it uncomfortable and unsafe. Argaven had already left for his summer palace and Tibe is in charge...