Talon on the silver hawk - Raymond E. Feist (Conclave of Shadows #1)

A POWERFUL EPIC FANTASY SERIES FROM ONE OF THE GREAT MASTERS OF THE GENRE

For four days and nights Kieli has waited upon the remote mountain peak of Shatana Higo, for the gods to grant him his manhood name.

Exhausted and despairing, he is woken by the sharp claws of a rare silver hawk piercing his arm, though later he is not sure if it ever happened.

Devastation greets Kieli on his return home. His village is being burned, his people slaughtered. Although it means certain death, Kieli throws himself into the battle... and survives.

A distant voice echoes in his mind:

Rise up and be a talon for your people...

Now he is Talon of the Silver Hawk, and he must avenge the murder of his people, at whatever cost...