In a thrilling debut that combines storytelling mastery with a treasure trove of folklore Cecilia Dart-Thornton creates a lushly romantic epic adventure set in a world brimming with wonders and terrors. The Stormriders land their splendid winged stallions on the battlements of Isse Tower while the scullions who dwell in the fortress's lower depths rarely even see the sun. Yet it is the least of the lowly--a mute scarred foundling youth--who dares to climb the Tower stow away aboard a Windship and dive from the sky into a wilderness of endless danger. For goblins peskies knocks and all the eldrich wights of the Unseelie haunt every tree every pool every turn in the road tormenting or killing unwary travelers. And unknown to the nameless one somewhere a dark force is summoning the malignant hordes determined to destroy the young mute's identity history...and destiny.
