Synopsis: Heir to the Phoenix

The people of Hobolon Swamp have been in exile from the Northland Kingdom for generations because the way they bond with birds at birth doesn't fit with the Northland religious customs. The Heron clan, leading family in the swamp, has an even more special bond: Every generation or two, one lucky child bonds with the family's phoenix, Fellim. At their death, Fellim goes up in flames and awaits the next Heron birth, when he reincarnates from his ashes and bonds anew. BUT, this time, Fellim has made a choice outside the Heron clan's experience, and reincarnated as the bonded companion of a child of the lowly Duck clan. Twenty-three years have passed since this upset, and our story follows Tirynn, the Heron woman not chosen, and Luth of the Duck clan, chosen by the phoenix, as the two of them face struggles born both of this new clan rivalry and of outside sources.