The Wind Runner

The floods have drained away and the war that caused so much damage has ended. A ruler is dead, and Ryoka Griffin, the Wind Runner, who had been missing, turns up again in the north of Izril. The world around the characters is widening, and summer brings a chance to start over after a spring of loss.

The fighting has not stopped everywhere. The Quarass is dead, but the King of Destruction's war goes on. Far to the south, in the jungles of Baleros, Geneva and her friends come under the influence of the Titan of Baleros.

Erin Solstice is dealing with grief for the people who died. She draws her family close and tries to hold together what she has left. A door still waits for her, though, and it leads toward a magical future.

The book follows several characters in separate regions and moves between them as the aftermath of the war plays out. It is a fantasy with a tone that mixes mourning with the hope of renewal. It continues an ongoing story, so it reads best with the earlier events in mind. The text is also the e-book edition of a web serial that is free to read online.