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 * Wind Rider's Oath (May 2004) ISBN 0-7434-8821-0 is the third novel in the fantasy War God  series by David Weber. It follows the adventures of Bahzell Bahnakson and his friend Brandark.  The format is a swords-and-sorcery land with dwarves, elves, humans, hradani - the 4 Races. There is a pantheon of Gods, some good and some vile.

Other books in the series are:
 * Oath of Swords (February 1995) ISBN 0-671-87642-2
 * The War God's Own (1999, ISBN 0-671-87873-5)
 * Sword Brother, a novella published together with a January 2007 edition of Oath of Swords, ISBN 1-4165-2086-4

Major Characters

 * Bazhell Bahnakson of the Horse Stealer hradani. The son of Bahnak, the prince of Hurgrum, the first hradani Champion of Tomanak in more than 1,200 years.
 * Brandark Brandarkson of the Bloody Sword hradani.
 * Kaeritha, a Champion of Tomanak who joins Bazhell in his effort to defeat Sharna.
 * Tomanak Orfro, God of War and Justice.

Synopsis
At the end of The War God’s Own, Bahzell had accepted the surrender of the much larger force commanded by the Sothoii Baron Tellian. Bahzell, Brandark and Kaeritha are resident at his castle from where he rules a large portion of the Sothoii Empire; Baron being their highest title. Bahzell is called away and heals the remnant of a herd of Coursers, the phenomenal horses which link with selected Sothoii riders or Windriders.. Meanwhile Kaeritha obeys her call to the Sothoii Warmaids, who are keen that there is no diminution of their legal rights. The devotees of the vile gods continue - as a third strand of their long-planned attack on the Sothoii - to manipulate and attack in Baron Tellian’s own lands.

Note
There are mentions on David Weber’s website of the potential for more stories in this sequence. There are a number of incomplete segments such as Valjion's work with the hradani and how the Sothoii situation will be completed.