<DIV><P>Collected together for the first time, <I>Demonwars: First Heroes </I>is the exciting start to <I>New York Times</I>–bestselling author R. A. Salvatore's Saga of the First Kings series!</P><P>In <I>The Highwayman</I>, Salvatore takes his readers back to his signature world of Corona many years before the DemonWars, introducing a fascinating new hero. The roads are unsafe to travel; goblins and bloodthirsty Powries search out human prey. Two religions struggle fiercely for control. Only the Highwayman travels freely, his sword casting aside both Powries and soldiers. The people need a savior, but is the Highwayman on a mission of mercy…or vengeance?</P><P>In <I>The Ancient</I>, Bransen Garibond is tricked into journeying across the Gulf of Corona to the wild lands of Vanguard, where he is pressed into service in a desperate war. If Branson fails, all who live on the lake will perish, and all of northern Honce will fall under the shadow of the merciless and vengeful Samhaists.</DIV>