A North Carolina aristocrat searching for his missing pregnant wife discovers his family is central to a magical realm's ancient prophecy.
"The Winds of Heaven and Earth" launches a new fantasy trilogy, blending epic and contemporary genres in the tradition of Stephen R. Donaldson's "Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever" and Roger Zelazny's "Chronicles of Amber."
When Jordan Parish's wife Melanie disappears shortly after the couple announce their pregnancy, everyone assumes the motive is ransom.
But six months pass with no demand, and when the FBI discovers the only clue to her disappearance, a missing family heirloom worn by Melanie the day she vanished--with Jordan's blood on it--the investigation turns to the temperamental and volatile Jordan.
Desperate to find his wife and clear his name, Jordan mounts an investigation of his own. What he discovers about his adopted wife's hidden past plunges him plunges him into the world of mystery and magic surrounding their families. And when Jordan and Melanie's brother Chase pursue strange assailants into a mysterious storm, Jordan is cast into a realm where he finds his child at the center of a struggle for power surrounding the culmination of a centuries-old prophecy.