The Children of Wind and Wood

A girl wanders the ancient forests of Andars, peering through misty groves swelling with nature spirits. Idonea hopes to hear whispers from the final resting places of the grandfathers and grandmothers, from the wind and from the trees. The Ancestors lead her to the wand she seeks, but not without great cost--and only after a bargain. Rezzia's legions occupy the hills of Andars for the next seven years, even as Rezzia's war with Pawelon rages on. Yearning to send the Rezzians back to the desert, Idonea's brother Skye grabs his axe and joins their father at the Hall of the Ancestors. Skye's father channels his own father's spirit for guidance, and a Rezzian atrocity is revealed. A reluctant drummer begins sounding the end of the world. The primordial Orns--Fidelity, Angst, and Wrath--have seen all of this before. Driven by Andaran suffering, Wrath searches for an instrument ... a woman of the wood, a woman of power.