# Key Out of Time — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Key Out of Time by Andre Norton.

- [I: Lotus World](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/i-lotus-world.md): Ross Murdock surveys the idyllic but unsettlingly perfect world of Hawaika, a rose-tinted paradise that lulls its Terran settlers into forgetfulness. The planet does not match the ancient voyage tape that guided them the
- [II: Lair of Mano-Nui](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/ii-lair-of-mano-nui.md): Ross Murdock leads an underwater search for ancient ruins on Hawaika, discovering a suspiciously regular depression on the seafloor. While investigating, he is attacked by a dragon-like sea creature and takes refuge in a
- [III: The Ancient Mariners](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/iii-the-ancient-mariners.md): The Terrans set up a peep-probe on a reef to observe Hawaika's past, aiming at 10,000 years ago. After installation, they view a rugged coastline with a fortress and a war canoe, glimpsing the ancient inhabitants. Karara
- [IV: Storm Menace](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/iv-storm-menace.md): As the team races to complete the time gate before a severe storm hits, Ross Murdock is unexpectedly pulled through the gate into a violent past. He finds himself shipwrecked on a rocky shore during a tempest, witnesses 
- [V: Time Wrecked](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/v-time-wrecked.md): Ross and Karara recover from their involuntary time gate passage, stranded on Hawaika after a storm. They plan a search for Gordon Ashe, with Karara tasked to find the gate while Ross scouts the shore. Ross observes two 
- [VI: Loketh the Useless](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/vi-loketh-the-useless.md): Ross captures a Hawaikan youth named Loketh who was spying on Karara. Through a unique mental link with the dolphins Tino-rau and Taua, they learn that Loketh is a crippled son of a local lord, rejected by his own kind. 
- [VII: Witches’ Meat](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/vii-witches-meat.md): Ross and Karara learn from Loketh that Ashe has been taken by the Wreckers and turned over to the Foanna as a sacrifice, or 'witches' meat.' Loketh swears loyalty to Ross through a ritual of bread and salt, and the trio 
- [VIII: The Free Rovers](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/viii-the-free-rovers.md): Ross, Karara, and Loketh journey by canoe toward the Foanna citadel, navigating through a strange fog. Ross reflects on the possibility that galactic invaders (the Baldies) have been meddling on Hawaika, leaking advanced
- [IX: Battle Test](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/ix-battle-test.md): Ross Murdock and Loketh are captured by Rovers led by Captain Torgul. Ross uses his wits and bravado to face his captors, while Loketh suffers from a mysterious 'fire' in his mind—likely Foanna magic. Ross realizes his l
- [X: Death at Kyn Add](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/x-death-at-kyn-add.md): Ross Murdock, aboard a Rover ship nearing Kyn Add, observes the vessel's hybrid technology and a mysterious sea creature trailing the fleet. Tensions escalate when news arrives that Kyn Add has been attacked by bald, hai
- [XI: Weapon from the Depths](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xi-weapon-from-the-depths.md): Jazia recounts the devastating raid on her island by the Baldies, who emerged from the sea invulnerable to Rover weapons and used mind control to slaughter the inhabitants. Ross and the Rovers learn of a submerged enemy 
- [XII: Baldies](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xii-baldies.md): Ross and Karara witness a chaotic battle in the lagoon as salkars are driven mad by enemy energy broadcasts. Ross swims along the reef to shore, where he observes three Baldies using energy weapons to attack the salkars 
- [XIII: The Sea Gate of the Foanna](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xiii-the-sea-gate-of-the-foanna.md): Ross Murdock participates in a Rover council of war, arguing against a direct assault on the Baldies and proposing instead to infiltrate the Foanna citadel to rescue Gordon Ashe and seek an alliance. With Torgul and Jazi
- [XIV: The Foanna](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xiv-the-foanna.md): Ross Murdock meets the three Foanna, who are revealed to be the last of an ancient, powerful race. He reports the alliance with the Rovers and the threat from the Baldies. The Foanna consider their options, weighing the 
- [XV: Return to the Battle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xv-return-to-the-battle.md): Ross and Ashe plan to use the Foanna citadel as a trap for the Baldies, who are seeking the Foanna's secrets. The Foanna agree to consider the plan, while Ross grapples with his sense of exclusion from their mental bond 
- [XVI: The Opening of the Great Door](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xvi-the-opening-of-the-great-door.md): Ross, Karara, and Ashe join the Foanna in a ritual dance to open the Great Door, risking identity loss to access an ancient force against the Shadow's corruption. They witness silent, frozen warriors in Zahur's courtyard
- [Shades Against Shadow](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xvii-shades-against-shadow.md): In the aftermath of the Foanna citadel's destruction, the survivors regroup and plan their next move against the Baldies. Torgul considers using the river to approach the Baldies' mountain lair, but Glicmas, a Wrecker lo
- [XVIII: World in Doubt?](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xviii-world-in-doubt.md): Ross Murdock, disguised in a Foanna robe, infiltrates a Baldy spaceship to sabotage it. He uses his memory of a similar ship to teleport into the control cabin, swaps a route disk to misdirect the crew, and cuts off the 

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