WINDWRATH

**(Revised version of "Thunderbird")**

Fifteen years ago, a woman named Clarisse Windwrath died fighting off unknown beasts, demons of a strange and uncertain realm.

Talon Windwrath is the Blade of Mayeca--fearsome, deadly, and swift. He knows little mercy, and only too similar is his blank white mask to his soul--faceless, expressionless, and dead. Too many have fallen to his hands to even count; some in a great fire or another dramatic death--a pattern for the rest of the King's enemies--and others in the silence of night--poisoned, throats slit, hearts punctured. Recently, however, he has retrieved a document the Prince would destroy 13 mansions for. The document explains that there are greater forces at play than conflicts between nations, the conflicts in which Talon is soon at the center.

Chaos is on the rise as wars break out, and in the violence, the huge superpowers of Erdak have little sight as to the puppetmaster behind the worldwide carnage. Worlds are at stake. Order is quickly ebbing. And Talon Windwrath has yet to identify his values, his beliefs, and his priorities. What comes first, when arises the choice: One's loyalty to his country and his people, or to his morals?