Due to a traumatic event in the past, Milena has lost the ability to speak. With her family of travelers she follows the Long Road. They stake their wagons for a short period of time and then move on to the next place, following the voice of the wind. It is all the she has ever known. But what happens when she finds herself seperated from her family and the one she loves because of an accident and is thrust into a culture she does not understand? Will she be able to build a new life here and possiby find new love? Or will the wind call her home?

The brave warrior Searon is haunted by the deaths of his wife and children at the hands of the savage reptilian draeyks, who are on a bloodthirsty rampage. He walks the land of Calthoria alone and thirsty for vengeance. He hunts the creatures down one by one, showing no mercy. But Searon is a one-man army-and no match for the legions of murderous draeyks. Lucky for him, the powerful wizard Karceoles finds him during his travels and enlists Searon in this coming war. Karceoles believes Searon can unite the races to defeat the draeyks once and for all. Searon discovers he can do more damage with Karceoles and a band of warriors they find along the way. But as the war rages in earnest, Searon must make a choice: Is it more important to destroy the draeyks at all costs, or will his quest for vengeance endanger the lives of his new brothers and sisters at arms?

Alec and Keira Anne are fighting to be together in a world where love is unrequited. After five years of being away, Alec is returning to Keira to free her from his father's grasp. After reading the letters from home, Alec is finally returning to his betrothed. The adventure of traveling to the land of nobel's Mount Takanosu to find there is a war brewing with the Meiji government. Regaining a lover's trust might be more difficult than Alec thought. The love between them has deminished and the battle of swords will determine their fate.