In The War God's Own, Bahzell had managed to stop a
war by convincing Baron Tellian, leader of the Sothoii,
to "surrender" to him, the War God's champion. Now, he has
journeyed to the Sothoii Wind Plain to oversee the parole
he granted to Tellian and his men, to represent the Order
of Tomanak, the War God, and to be an ambassador for the
hradani. What's more, the flying coursers of the Sothoii
have accepted Bahzell as a wind rider-the first hradani
wind rider in history. And since the wind riders are the
elite of the elite among the Sothoii, Bahzell's ascension
is as likely to stir resentment as respect. That
combination of duties would have been enough to keep
anyone busy-even a warrior prince like Bahzell-but
additional complications are bubbling under the surface.
The goddess Shigu, the Queen of Hell, is sowing dissension
among the war maids of the Sothoii. The supporters of the
deposed Sothoii noble who started the war are plotting to
murder their new leige lord and frame Bahzell for the
deed. Of course, those problems are all in a day's work
for a champion of the War God. But what is Bahzell going
to do about the fact that Baron Tellian's daughter, and
heir to the realm, seems to be thinking that he is the
only man-or hradani-for her?