The Wrens Fly Away: Book 5 of The Tales of Zren Janin

As any Wren or Softfoot will tell you, a lie works best when it has part of the truth.

The Wrens were promised a life better than they had left behind in Kerek City. So they climbed in Ngahuru's settler wagon and found themselves in the middle of a war. When the Empress of Vikland offers them only a soldier's pay for a year, they are dismayed. There are no plans to educate them, teach them a trade, or learn to thrive in Vikland. This is their reward for the time and danger spent helping the ...