New York Times-bestselling author: Take flight with the first adventure in the Owl Mage trilogyâan epic fantasy full of action, gryphons, and an elf-like race that forms magical bonds with birds.
After fleeing into the forest when barbarians attack his village, a young orphan encounters the Hawkbrothersâand finds his place among them.
Darianâs parents had been hunters who worked in the Pelagiris forest, trapping the bizarre change-creatures which had been created by the mage-storms, and selling their fantastic hides. But Darian had not accompanied them on their last expedition into the Pelagirisâa hunt from which they never returned.
Now Darian is apprenticed to Wizard Justyn, a kindly old man who insists that Darian has âtalent.â But Darian, grieving over his parents, has no interest in magicâand instead of studying, finds solace in the forest, where can hide among the huge trees and mourn in privacy.
It is from this secret retreat on the edge of the Pelagiris that Darian sees an army of northern barbarians sack and burn his village. Alone and helpless, Darian flees into the deep forest. But unbeknownst to him, the Hawkbrothersâan old, magical, and elf-like raceâdwell in the ancient woods, and his flight will lead him on a path of discovery which neither Justyn nor Darianâs parents could have ever predicted.
New York Times-bestselling author: Take flight with the first adventure in the Owl Mage trilogyâan epic fantasy full of action, gryphons, and an elf-like race that forms magical bonds with birds.
After fleeing into the forest when barbarians attack his village, a young orphan encounters the Hawkbrothersâand finds his place among them.
Darianâs parents had been hunters who worked in the Pelagiris forest, trapping the bizarre change-creatures which had been created by the mage-storms, and selling their fantastic hides. But Darian had not accompanied them on their last expedition into the Pelagirisâa hunt from which they never returned.
Now Darian is apprenticed to Wizard Justyn, a kindly old man who insists that Darian has âtalent.â But Darian, grieving over his parents, has no interest in magicâand instead of studying, finds solace in the forest, where can hide among the huge trees and mourn in privacy.
It is from this secret retreat on the edge of the Pelagiris that Darian sees an army of northern barbarians sack and burn his village. Alone and helpless, Darian flees into the deep forest. But unbeknownst to him, the Hawkbrothersâan old, magical, and elf-like raceâdwell in the ancient woods, and his flight will lead him on a path of discovery which neither Justyn nor Darianâs parents could have ever predicted.