Arius, as E.M.Foster said ..".is a most unpromising youth...," he shirks his chores and spends most of his days sitting in his favorite tree dreaming of adventure, and for good reason. Abuse, curses and taunts are all he gets from his family and the other falconers that make their living in the Black Mountains of Earden. Such is the life of this reject at the beginning of 'The Fledgling'. His only companion, equally despised, is his pet, Monk, a most intelligent and mischievous crow. Raised by Arius from an egg, Monk also dreams of freedom and strange places, as well as shiny objects and...

Enter the world of Earden, a land of handsome warriors and evil pirates, and meet Aolwynd, a very un-common inn keeper whose life is forever changed by both. Lord Boru, son of the Supreme Guardian of Earden must rescue his kidnapped younger brother and save the merchant city of Saels but not before he falls desperately in love with this young woman whose fortunes have set her far below him. Peopled with lovers and those who would keep them apart, treacherous pirates and their victims, The Swan and Arrow is the first novel in the Tales of Earden, a series of adventure/fantasy/erotic romance...

..".three leaders, two against one, four fathers and three bastard sons, five women bound to four men, three warriors and three die for them..." so warns the prophetess Rue. Dire warnings indeed, for war comes to Earden, tearing apart the countryside and the family that rules it. Aolwynd, the heroine of the Tales of Earden series, has joined, body and soul with her lover, Lord Boru, the new Lord Protector of Saels; while Jem, her husband and her son by Lord Boru have been captured and forced into the opposing army of the Guardians. Faolan, Lord Boru's brother is caught in the middle, trying...