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When the Birds Fly South

Dan Prescott, an American adventurer, discovers the hidden valley of Sobul in a mountainous region of Afghanistan, inhabited by a strange race of winged people known as the "Ibandru". He falls in love with one of them, Yasma, and they marry in a scene of general celebration. When fall comes, however, the Ibandru abandon their valley to fly south with the birds for the winter, taking Yasma with them. The importance of Stanley Coblentz's Lost World fantasy was confirmed by its reprinting as the 23rd volume in the prestigious Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy series in 1980. - Summary by Adapted from Wikipedia (7 hr 19 min)

Chapters

The Mountain of Vanished Men

19:17

The Verge of the Precipice

19:30

Welcome to Sobul

15:22

The Weaving of the Spell

9:52

Yulada

18:33

Foreshadowings

16:20

Yasma

23:08

The Birds Fly South

14:36

In the Reddening Wood

25:52

The Ibandru Take Wing

26:09

The Prisoner

20:34

The Mistress of the Peak

15:44

The Birds Fly North

21:29

The Warning

24:13

Crucial Moments

19:41

Hamul-Kammesh Ordains

13:43

At the Time of the Full Moon

23:37

The Second Flight Begins

14:46

The Cycle is Completed

8:43

The Second Winter

17:23

"The Moleb"

21:11

The Turning Point Approaches

10:43

The Last Flight

11:35

The Will of Yulada

27:34