first edition : 2014 originally written from ( 4/19/2003 ) - ( 6/6/2003 ) edited in 2014 other smashwords books by courtney bowen : the legends of arria series the smiling stallion inn servants and followers power over death the tiger of light the legends of arria 2002 series the knights of arria 2002 miscellaneous : a song of my heart the sable valley foreword it was said that when tichia , god of knowledge , first attempted to write a history of the humans , he broke his pen and never attempted it again .