The healing power of magic...
It has been four years since the orphan boy Darian sought sanctuary
witht he mysterious Tayedras Hawkbrothers when his village of Errold's
Grove was sacked and burned by barbarians.
Born a Valdemaran, but now steeped in the mystical ways of the
Tayledras, it has become Darian's dream to be their emissary - forging
an alliance and providing a diplomatic link with his own people.
Back in Errold's Grove, a young woman, Keisha Alder, has taken
over the job formerly held by Darian's old teacher, Wizard Justyn. With
no formal education, working with only the natural instincts of her
inborn Healing Gift, she has devoted herself to the care of the people
of her now bustling community. Yet with the heightened empathy of her
Gift, and the inability to shield herself because of her lack of
training, it is becoming harder and harder for Keisha to bear the
strains of everyday life.
But when Darian returns to Errold's Grove with a small
contingent of Hawkbrothers to warn the townsfolk that another tribe of
barbarians is approaching their village and advises them to evacuate
their homes, keisha refuses to flee. As a Healer she knows she will be
needed if there is bloodshed, and her Gift dictates that she stay, even
if it puts her life in jeopardy. Yet how can one small band of
Hawkbrothers and two Valdemaran teanages with partially trained Gifts
stand against the destructive might of a barbarian horde?
