South to Adventure is the second volume in the Swordthane series.

Cormac knows that as Swordthane, the fate of the Land of Otherwhere rests on his shoulders. Now he faces his first major decision. Should he and the Princess continue east on the Greenway to arrive, finally, at Rivershome? If they do that, Cormac will keep the promise he made to the dying Fulton. The wisdom and advice of the Council of Elders will guide him toward fulfilling his destiny. Or should they turn south, where a devastating curse lies on the land. Should they cleanse it and so save the children? South to Adventure, the second book in the Swordthane Saga, is the continuing tale of Cormac's adventures as Swordthane as he continues to fulfill his destiny.

Donald Haynes worked in the woods as a faller and bucker. He worked in lumber mills on the green and plainer chains and as off-bearer and pondman. He worked in gas stations and automotive parts houses. He was a warehouseman, a salesman and a janitor. He inspected trucks for the US Army. He tended bar. He stocked shelves and bagged and delivered groceries. He scraped garbage in a cafeteria. He wrote a newsletter for a United Auto Workers local. He manned the counter in a liquor store. He sterilized equipment in a pharmaceutical house. He earned a BA from the University of California, Berkeley; an MA from the University of Oregon; and a PhD from the University of Notre Dame. As a college professor he taught literature, primarily 20th Century American writing. He published scholarly and popular articles both regionally and nationally. Some years later, he founded and managed Haynes & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in all phases of corporate communication. Later, as Executive Producer of a production division in an NBC television affiliate, he built a national client list. Finally, as a partner in a video production house, he wrote dramatic scripts primarily for use in national corporate retreats for CEOs and CFOs. In recent years most of his energy has been directed toward stories about the Land of Otherwhere.