Fifth in the Pirate King subseries The stench of death drifts over Avantia. Sanpao the Pirate King has summoned a giant vulture-Beast to destroy Tom before he finds the Tree of Being. If Tom fails, Freya and Silver will be trapped in Tavania forever.,In their quest to find the magical Tree of Being and free Freya and Silver from Tavania, Tom and Elena must defeat Kronus the clawed menace, a giant vulture that can fire red beams of light from its eyes.,