Archer, woodsman, hunter of man and beast, consort to the Avatar of the Great Mother, father, and hero. Jared was all these things during his life, and more. But, before he helped save the city of Aeirsga, the Kingdom of Illyander and later the world of Aronshae, he was an orphan; a child lost in the world. This is the story of Jared in his early years and how his parents came to Illyander from the mysterious Eastern Kingdom, how they died, and how the young boy who had lost his parents before he knew them became one of the finest scouts and bounty hunters in all of Illyander. Sirus, his...