Shadows of Valor (Book One) Four years after Edwin's father was slain by Verackan raiders, intent on plundering the Orescan heartland to supplement their own waning resources, he runs away from home to join the Orescan Army. Soon, he finds himself a Probationary Recruit, not in the Army, but in the Special Air Corps. Through a combination of natural and technologically enhanced gifts, this elite and secretive organization battles the Verackans from...