contents cry of the thunderbird bane of eagles sheppard of lions call for vengeance path of the broken arrow shrine of the windigo shamans dead and the damned no traitors among enemies shackles of loyalty festival of frigg chains of credence chapter 1 : cry of the thunderbird at the hour halfway between sundown and midnight on an early summer evening , the waves of high tide surged against a narrow swathe of beach that formed the northern edge of an island in the extreme western vastness of the atlantic ocean .