Striding Forth, book four of The Adventures of Ryes and Garth, follows the story begun in Tayna's Dawn, Winterhaven and Winds of Change. Striding Forth finds the starmen and humans of Winterhaven further uniting as a mysterious message out of the past reveals their shared destiny. But a message from Earth shows them the direction they need to focus on first. They set out to save Tayna and Earth with every resource they can find; starting with furthering their influence across Tayna, herself. But few people on Tayna welcome them with open arms, with the laws they want enforced. Can they get them to see a better, possible future?