Evil has come to a distant land high among the snow-capped
mountains of Midkemia, as an exterminating army wearing the
colors of the Duke of Olasko razes village after village,
slaughtering men, women, and children without mercy. And
when the carnage is done, only one survivor remains: a young
boy named Kieli. A youth no longer, there is now but one
road for him to travel: the path of vengeance. And he will
not be alone. Under the tutelage of the rescuers who
discovered him, Kieli will be molded into a sure and
pitiless weapon. And he will accept the destiny that has
been chosen for him ... as Talon of the Silver Hawk.
But the prey he so earnestly stalks is hunting him as well.
And Talon must swear allegiance to a shadowy cause that
already binds his mysterious benefactors -- or his mission,
his honor, and his life will be lost forever.