This book is no longer fantasy. "Base of the Rock"is a dystopia, and raises some questions that may seem religious, although in fact they are simply moral. I would like to note that I am a staunch atheist.
If in previous books my characters were, as a rule, much taller and stronger than their surroundings, "Top of the Rock", here I depicted the opposite pole of the world. The inhabitants of the gloomy and cold planet Mortar are timid, weak creatures who have no idea what "war", "rage", "hatred" means... For hundreds of years they have been serving human aliens as slaves and a source of valuable skin.
A primitive tribe of Zorgs, worshiping dragons that rarely visit their planet, suddenly gets their own "messiah", who, being a predator, turns all their ideas about the world upside down. But the hero of the book himself, Hayate's brother, a young dragon named Wind, after spending years in a peaceful and defenseless tribe, changes - and in such a way that he can no longer find a place for himself in the world. An inhabitant of the Top of the Rock, having lived in its Base, is no longer able to conquer the steep slopes. And below is an abyss. Is he destined not to fall?
The book came out very cruel, and the characters are often just a pity. But this is exactly what a realistic thing should look like. At least I think so.