# Key Out of Time — Chapters explained

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

- [I: Lotus World](https://www.betterreads.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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.dev/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 

> 13 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=key_out_of_time_se_621kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [VI: Loketh the Useless](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/vi-loketh-the-useless.md)
- [VII: Witches’ Meat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/vii-witches-meat.md)
- [VIII: The Free Rovers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/viii-the-free-rovers.md)
- [IX: Battle Test](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/ix-battle-test.md)
- [X: Death at Kyn Add](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/x-death-at-kyn-add.md)
- [XI: Weapon from the Depths](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xi-weapon-from-the-depths.md)
- [XII: Baldies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xii-baldies.md)
- [XIII: The Sea Gate of the Foanna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xiii-the-sea-gate-of-the-foanna.md)
- [XIV: The Foanna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xiv-the-foanna.md)
- [XV: Return to the Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xv-return-to-the-battle.md)
- [XVI: The Opening of the Great Door](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xvi-the-opening-of-the-great-door.md)
- [Shades Against Shadow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xvii-shades-against-shadow.md)
- [XVIII: World in Doubt?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/key_out_of_time_se/chapters/xviii-world-in-doubt.md)

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