Publisher's Synopsis
Stratos is a realm where the gods are forgotten and the Demigods are worshipped in ritual sacrifice.
Torn from their families during adolescence, those showing signs of the Demigods are gathered. Their choice thereafter is to join the Clergy in sacramental tribute or forgo life-threatening trials. Those who pass will enter the ranks of a prestigious caste known as the Zephus. Coradryx and Carthart have survived their trials and seek to uphold a peace that has reigned for a thousand years. However, their fate as patrons changes when the realm is upended by devils from a foreign land called the Tezgruls. The young wind conjurers then embark on a quest that takes them deep into the uncharted wilds, where they seek a passage leading to the Forest Realm of Verdoon. On their journey, they find a mysterious female with unprecedented gifts. Perils increase cumulatively, and the more they learn, the more fearful they become, for the Tezgruls are but an inkling compared to what might be unbound.
