Yorath the Wolf

From the back cover of the Baen first printing: "After a labor of four days and nights the fair young princess Elvedegran of Lien, wife of Gol, the Prince of Mel'Nir, gave birth to a monster. It was myself And so begins the life of Yorath the Wolf. Ill-formed child of an ill-omened birth, he is consigned to death. But with the aid of a wizard he will grow straight - and very very strong, the fiercest warrior in the history of a warrior people. His birth foretold the death of kings and nations, and the omens will prove true. But what of Yorath. Why does he fight? It seems more like his destiny than his desire... When he learns the answer perhaps he can stop fighting at last."