Stryker's Quest - Wen Stryker. Stryker Series, #2

When an old enemy kidnaps the woman Wen's in love with just before they're to be married, he fears for her life and his sanity. He's forced to go to sea to get her back by trailing his enemy to foreign countries, but he once again prevails against the evils of man. All is right with the world and Wen couldn't be happier. Then after they are wed, he loses her to death during childbirth. This is something he can't fight and can't find a way to live with.
Leaving his infant daughter with his trusted friends, he rides away to seek his own way of dealing with her loss. He will talk to old friends and make new ones. He'll ride down many new trails and many old ones, before he finds his answer. It is a quest he must make to find his peace and place again, if possible.