Reap the Wild Wind (Stratification #1)

'THEPACEISFAST,THEENERGYISHIGH,ANDTHEWORLDISFASCINATING.'-SCFIWEEKLYAThousandWordsforStranger,thefirstnovelinTheTradePactUniversetrilogy,introducedtheClan,refugeesfromtheworldofCersiwhobuiltanempirefewpeopleevenknewexisted.REAPTHEWILDWINDturnstoanearlierperiodintheClan'shistory,beforetheyleftCersi.AtthistimetheyareknownastheOm'ray,andaredividedintowidelyscatteredtribalClans,eachofwhichmustremaininitsownallottedportionofCersi,constrainedfromadvancingbeyondacertainpointbytwopowerfulraces-theOudandtheTikitik-thathavetechnologicalandscientificadvantagesoverthem.Thethreeracescoexistbasedonthreeinviolateprinciples:1)theworldhasalwaysbeendividedthiswayandmustremainso;2)Passage-aonceinalifetimeeventwhenindividualOm'rayarepermittedtocrossallterritorialboundariesinsearchofamate-mustbehonouredbyall;3)nothingonCersicanbeallowedtochange.REAPTHEWILDWINDopensatapivotalmomentwhenbeingsfromtheTradePacthavebeguntoexploreCersi,upsettingthebalancebetweenthethreeraces.Itisatime,too,whenyoungArylSarcoftheYenaClanisonthevergeofmasteringtheforbiddensecretoftheM'hir-asecretthatcouldprovethesalvationorruinofherentirespecies...