Tale of the Four Winds: Sword and Shield Series

In Tale of the Four Winds, Scott Kay delivers a rich and emotionally complex supernatural adventure centered around Joshua Daugherty, a sensitive, academically gifted, and socially awkward NYU student grappling with the deep scars left by abandonment, trauma, and the secrets of his bloodline. What begins as a story about a young man estranged from his biological parents-his father imprisoned for manslaughter, and his mother lost to illness after a hasty abandonment-becomes a deeply personal journey about the families we are given, and the ones we choose.Raised in the aftermath of broken trust and parental failure, Joshua finds an unlikely anchor in Sylvia, his mother's best friend, who becomes his surrogate mother. Though emotionally distant and slowly deteriorating, Sylvia provides the stable ground Joshua needs to grow into young adulthood. Her death sets off a series of revelations that unravel everything Joshua thought he knew-not just about his family, but about himself.Drawn into a world of angels, demons, witches, and vampires, Joshua discovers that his lineage carries powerful magical blood-an inheritance he neither sought nor understands. The mystery deepens with the sudden appearance of Fiona, a long-lost relative and vampire, who challenges his sense of truth and self. Alongside unlikely allies-Caleb, a charismatic necromancer, and Enoch, a brooding Nephilim-Joshua is forced to confront not only supernatural threats, but the ghosts of his past and the emotional weight of familial betrayal and loss.Amidst the metaphysical chaos, the narrative threads Joshua's quiet struggle with identity-his hesitation around intimacy, his discomfort in his own skin, and the subtle yet persistent questions surrounding who he is and how he fits into the world. These undercurrents add depth to his transformation as he begins to redefine what love, connection, and loyalty truly mean.Tale of the Four Winds is ultimately a story about reclamation: of power, of heritage, and of self. Through grief, danger, and discovery, Joshua comes to understand that chosen family-those who see and stand by us-is sometimes more vital than blood, and that identity, like magic, is something we grow into with time and courage.

• | Author: Scott Kay
• | Publisher: Imprint
• | Publication Date: Jun 02, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00462 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: NA
• | ISBN-13: 9798350749793