Having outwitted death, Azaro, the spirit child, remains in the land of the living. Oppression and violence continue to plague the city, where political factions battle and bar owner Madame Koto backs the ‘Party of the Rich’ with magical, bewitching force. But for Azaro, his adventure is tied up with his parents, and so his story takes on yet another heroic adventure to save them both from the forces of the world.

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