Kyria

Children of the snow-driven steppes, Kyria and her two elder brothers possessed an intrinsic sense for life on a saddle—an advantage for those who live by the frontiers. Their lowborn status availed them little except the livelihood of herders, but the local lord saw in her brothers budding cavalrymen, and conscripted them into his service. Life was harsh, but it was nothing compared to the terrible darkness that swept over the steppes. The winged, malicious terror came by cover of night, and the people burned in its wake. So fierce and suffocating were the flames from its maw that ash was ...