Wind Rider's Oath — David Weber

THE WAR GOD NEVER PROMISED HIM HE'D BE VOTED "MOST POPULAR"

Horse Stealer hradani aren't very popular among the Sothoii. There's the little matter of a thousand years of mutual raiding and slaughter. Then there's the hradani's uncontrollable bouts of berserk bloodlust and fury. Not to mention their notion that the Sothoii's beloved warhorses are culinary delicacies. So just what is Bahzell Bahnakson of the Horse Stealer hradani doing in the middle of the Sothoii Wind Plain?

Trying to stay alive, of course. But that's not going to be easy. Not only is he a Horse Stealer, but the son of the Horse Stealers' ruler, and the Horse Stealers' ambassador to Baron Tellian, the most powerful of all the Sothoii's nobles. And a champion of Tomanak, the God of War and Justice -- a claim most Sothoii regard as outright blasphemy.

That would be enough to keep things lively, but when you add the plots of Baron Tellian's worst political enemy, evil wizards, hordes of undead demons, at least two Dark Gods, assassins, and last, but not least, one extremely determined fourteen-year-old girl, Bahzell has his hands full. Fortunately, he has a few friends along to help.