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?
