In the lands of Dainorn they say death is like lightning... scars the thunder that warns those struck to be wary of death creeping up on them again...Aron Skyhawk is a blacksmith, once a general, and now finding the peaceful life of a civilian is hard to accept. But one night he is awoken by sudden pain, and discovers a mark like a just healed scar has appeared upon him. Certain that danger comes to the town that is his home he tries to get them to prepare, but they ignore his warning as the ramblings of a frustrated former soldier. But like thunder his scar is indeed a warning, a warning that the white fire of death is about to strike. Left as the sole survivor of the portended attack, Aron watches as the strange man-like creatures in carapace armour turn and leave to whence they came, wondering just how it was that he alone cheated death... In the lands of Dainorn they say death is like lightning. Impossible to predict, and yet somehow Aron did...-Book One of the Thunder Before White Fire Trilogy. Follow Aron and a host of other characters in his quest to discover not just the truth behind the Horde, but also the truth behind the warnings that etch themselves onto his flesh...