Four Winds-One Storm The Wilds of Chume
Every forest has its perils. But in the Wilds of Chume, the perils are manifold! Inside every plant hides a beast to protect it. The air echoes with the melodies of the Chuma, whimsical natives who live in harmony with this mad wildness. Countless weird wonders and pernicious predators fill this fey forest that has not changed since time immemorial.From the huncell of Fevär, an incursion of humans invade this land in a campaign of expansion and conquest. Led by the master bladeweaver, Lärisa Ivoryhide, they bring firearms, civilization, and theurgic swords to cut through the ancient powers of the Wilds. The Chaos of Nature must contend with the Law of the Sword. Through all of this, four friends must trek to the distant realm of Veluora the Red to rescue one of their own. Can Will Foundling, a self-professed master of the woodlands, make sense of this weird wilderness before it consumes him? Can Hindin Revetz, a wounded warrior, find succor in the captivity of strange foes? Will Sir Röger Yamus at last find redemption when he battles the beast within? And can Polly, who is now split into two separate beings, find the most elusive of all things: herself? In this third volume of the series, Four Winds-One Storm must become the winds of change in a changing world.