Grent is called "One-Handed" - so named because his right arm was cut off below the elbow by a Hilo soldier. He feels useless, unable to be anything but a cripple.

Grent's people need a leader, someone to free them from Hilo bondage. Someone who can bring them back to the gods they've forgotten. Someone who can fight for them.

And the gods have picked One-Handed to be that leader.

Laura Ware lives in central Florida. When she isn't writing she enjoys reading and video games.
Her column "Laura's Look" appears weekly in the Highlands County News Sun.