One for sorrow. . . two for mirth. . . .three for death. . . four for birth. . .five for silver. . .six for gold. . .seven for secrets never told.The true journey is the journey to the human heart. In a fantasy world at war, Keera and Gwyl voyage across the Great Sea to forge a new life for themselves. Their journey of discovery points them down a mighty river into the deep interior of an unknown continent, where the conflicts of the old lands follow them to the new. Always, the owls lead them on.The owls know the secret. Settlers and natives alike, the humans underneath the Nine Spheres need to learn what it is, or they'll never be able to begin the hard work of forestalling the ruin of everything they, their children, their children's children have ever known or ever will know. Book IV of the Harbingers fantasy novels.In chronological order, the Stormclouds/Harbingers fantasy novels are: STORMCLOUDS prequel series--A Gyrfalcon for a King, The Call of the Shrike, Stormbird. HARBINGERS series--Blackbird Rising, Halcyon, Firebird, Ghost Bird. BETWIXT & BETWEEN companion series--The Martlet is a Wanderer, The Nightingale Holds Up the Sky. Coming soon: Dark Ones Take It, the origin story of Caedon and his brother Maeldoi, the Dark Rider.