Summary, Book 2:

Companions in Prophecy

Nikal of Nant faces the portents of a Prophecy from the Etoppsi female Dragonfighter, Rainwing. The lost Eagle Staff of Terianh the Great is the means to confront the growing magic of the Khans, and Nikal has been chosen to wield it. Elder brother Lekktor, jealous of Nikal’s fame and favor with their father and of his love of the beautiful Dira, schemes with their mother against him.

Having arrived in the great city of Tirilorin, the handsome twins, Lyndz and Kodi, find themselves the center of the social scene. Kodi is befriended by the spoiled but talented Tiliruf, scion of the last emperor, and begins training with a master swordsman. Lyndz discovers her magical Gift through her own Vision, yet she and Mother Idamé are required by the Guardian to keep their assigned task secret. In the meantime, Sage Curdoz must convince the Republic to join in the war against the Alkhan.

Rainwing and Royal Hawking fly Nikal to Tirilorin with news of the Khestadone attack on the Berugian border and to meet others proclaimed in the Prophecy. The World God, Vanaratu, then leads them all on a dangerous journey by ship to recover the Eagle Staff. Modela, immortal Mother of All, demands eight great sacrifices before she is willing to hand it over.

In Companions in Prophecy, second in the series, Heirs to the Taxiarch, new friendships work to combat temptation, struggle, loss, and heartbreak.

In Companions, the reader is moved by strong new friendships and the heroism on the ship journey, but also finds humor in the dry jokes of General Aron, the innuendo of the sexually-spoiled Tiliruf, and the wiles of rich Stri Itruvi as she aims to seduce the self-disciplined Kodi. As Kodi’s fighting and leadership skills are developed and his self-confidence grows, Lyndz too, observing the powerful women of Tirilorin, begins to break free of traditional female norms and finds new courage through the incomparable Rainwing.