The Ill-made Mute

Debut fantasy novel. First in the Bitterbynde trilogy. A mute, scarred foundling scales the Stormriders' tower, sneaks aboard a Windship and dives from the sky, to be rescued by an adventurer who gives it the name Imrhien and the gift of communicating by handspeak. Imrhien journeys to seek a wise woman whose skills may further change its life, but must survive various dangers along the way. The other volumes in the trilogy will be 'The Lady of the Sorrows' and 'The Battle of Evernight' (both 2002).