Book I of the series begins with the growing realization among the Wizards of Pearland that without apprentices to pass along their traditions and knowledge, it will die as they do.  Committed to avoiding the eradicaton of their ways, they decide to send chosen Wizards out into the world to find apprentices candidates that have the right spirit and ability to learm in new and different ways.  Adventures begin as Wizards, who for as long as they can remember communicated telepathically, have to use their words and memoires of customs and people to find and talk to would-be apprentices.  It gets increasing interesting as more than a few candidates found and brought back to Pearland are girls and teaching girls the arts of wizardry are not known to be done or even attempted by this lot.  It is a wonderful story that highlights how successfuly keeping knowledge in tact and while allowing its natural progression requires the flexibity of spirit and a willingness to adapt, grow and change outlooks, perceptions and ideas of how things should be, so that they can be accepted and so understood as they are.