THE HIGHWAYMAN Book One of the Chronicles of Corona.

It is God's year '54, many years before the DemonWars, the roads are unsafe to travel and goblins and bloodthirsty Powries search out human prey. In this savage world, Princes feast while peasants starve, and two religions struggle fiercely for control. Bran Dynard, a monk of the fledgling religion of Abelle, returns from his mission in a far off land with two prizes: A book of mystical knowledge, and a new wife, the beautiful and mysterious Sen Wi.

But the world he left behind has changed, and his dream of spreading the powerful wisdom he learned to his fellow monks is soon crushed. Forced to hide his wife and precious book from the jealous and suspicious brothers, Bran must decide whom he can trust and where he should now place his faith. Twenty years later, the situation has grown darker and more desperate. The land is devastated by war, and even the rich and powerful live in fear. Only the masked Highwayman travels freely, his sword and skill casting aside Powries and soldiers with equal ease. The people long for a savior, but is the Highwayman on a mission of mercy, or vengeance?