TALON OF SILVER HAWK

A POWERFUL NEW EPIC FANTASY SERIES FROM ONE OF THE GREAT MASTERS OF THEGENRE Among the Orosini tribe, every boy must undergo the traditionalmanhood ritual in order to understand his place in the universe anddiscover his manhood name. Kielianapuna must survive on the remotemountain peak of Shatana Higo until the gods grant him his vision. ButKieli has already waited for four days and nights, and now he is cold,lonely, despairing, and very, very tired... When he is woken by theterrifying sensation of sharp claws piercing his skin and finds a raresilver hawk upon his arm, it is such a disorientating moment that he isnot sure whether it has even happened, or whether it was a vision.Returning to his home, nameless and still a child, Kieli stumbles upondevastation. His village is being burned, his people slaughtered. Althoughit means certain death, Kieli throws himself into the battle... Against allthe odds, he survives, alone of all the Orosini, who have been cut downwhere they stand: every last man, woman and child. A distant voice echoesin his mind: Rise up and be a talon for your people... The visitation ofthe bird on Shatana Higo was indeed his naming vision. He is a boy calledKielianapuna no more. Now he is Talon of the Silver Hawk, a man who mustavenge the murder of his people, whatever that may take... TALON OF THESILVER HAWK begins a sweeping new epic fantasy series from worldwidebestselling author Raymond E Feist and marks the 20th year since the firstpublication of his first novel, MAGICIAN. Featuring one of the mostfascinating characters and scenarios ever created in the genre, THECONCLAVE OF SHADOWS promises to become one of the great all-time classicsin the field.