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Ruin follows in the wake of Torrlond's victorious army and the beasts its priests enslave, leavingno corner of Eormenlond untouched by the inferno of its war. Kingdoms and tribes line up onopposing sides as the conflict rages, rekindling ancient hatreds and avenging old wrongs. AsDayraven struggles to contain the vast power of his curse, he and Sequara confront thedestruction of all they hold dear. To salvage their world, they must sacrifice what most makes itprecious. With twists as wrenching as they are unexpected, The Prophet of Edan reveals the Warof the Way's culmination.

The Kingdom of the Eternal will awaken when the Way of Edan holds sway over all of Eormenlond. So say the prophecies. With unrivalled power in the gift, the Supreme Priest Bledla leads Torrlond and its mighty army to convert rival kingdoms by the sword and by the fang. Among the gathering resistance is the sorceress Sequara, whose mission is to protect her island and her Andumaic faith from the Torrlonders' aggression. As holy war looms over the kingdoms of Eormenlond, a chance encounter bestows a terrible curse upon a young man. Dayraven's curse may decide Eormenlond's fate. But first, with the help of unlikely friends, he must survive the shattering of his world. Equal parts epic and lament, The Way of Edan is the lyrical opening of The Edan Trilogy.

This book describes the emergent nature of human culture, based on the human ability to create and pass on social codes through instruction and example. It proposes hypotheses to explain how a phenomenon that is potentially maladaptive for individuals could have evolved, and to explain why culture plays such a pervasive role in human life.