The wave and the flame (lear's daughters)

SCIENCE FICTION PART ONE OF LEAR'S DAUGHTERS-WERE THE SAWLS THE FRIENDLY PRIMITIVE PEOPLE THEY SEEMED TO THE TERRAN SCIENTIFIC AND MINING EXPEDITION?OR DID THEIR MAZELIKE CAVE CITIES HOUSE SECRETS HUMANS WEREN'T MEANT TO LEARN?WAS WEATHER THE STATE RELIGION OF A SUPERSTITIOUS RACE LIVING ON A PLANET BESET BY VIOLENT STORMS AND DEVASTATING DROUGHTS?OR SHOULD THE SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THE SAWL MYTHS OF RIVAL GODDESSES,WARRING WITH WEAPONS OF FIRE AND FLOOD?THE TERRANS WERE SEEKING BOTH KNOWLEDGE AND MINERALS,BUT ON FIIX KNOWLEDGE COULD BE AS DEADLY AS THE WEATHER AND COULD FORCE THE HUMANS TO CHOOSE SIDES IN A BATTLE THAT WOULD PROVE THE SALVATION OR THE END OF THE SAWLS.