Keevan's Persuader training is tested against the Rhetan rebellion festering in Issamere's catacombs. Not only are Issamere's starving poor driven to the point of desperation against the Etrendi, but they have a mysterious financier with access to powerful Danica weapons. Keevan's elemental vision grants him a vital tool in tracking the deadly cargo, but openly marks him as a target to Etrendi and Rhetan alike.In the quest for truth about the enemy's...

There are few wounds which cut deeper than a mother losing her infant son. Kristina's husband running off to hunt living corpses didn't help matters much either. No matter the day or the hour, her thoughts drift to the small grave tucked beneath the fledgling oak tree in the south field.Then her husband returns home with a boy, who is stained with blood, and touched by mysterious forces. But will this child be a salve for her open wound, or drive...

Deegan has practiced his necromantic skills during the darkest hours of the night, securely nestled in Dawnshire's darkest corners. The Priests of the Divine Mother consider such practices comparable to murder and would happily execute Deegan as a matter of course, if they knew. Tonight, however, the cries of war echo from the main gate. Soldiers fall by the hour, and the city's priests cannot hold back their enemies' strange powers. Dawnshire is...

With the arrival of the Great Malik, the violence in Issamere was supposed to stop. Keevan's schooling should have prospered and his family as well.But when the Suadan High Priestess is assassinated, and the evidence points to Corvan, Keevan must put to his recently used Persuader skills in an effort to clear his friend's name. To make matters worse, the new High Priestess holds no love for Outlanders like Keevan and Corvan, echoing the Harbor Guild's...

Prince Labek's people face extinction. The barbarian tribes struck as one, cutting down the capital city and his entire family in a matter of a few bloody hours. Now all that remain is a small number of survivors desperate for a power no enemy can match. But the 'Binding Trial' requires two candidates and if finding a powerful princess weren't issue enough, the price of failure will include the death of every remaining person Labek holds dear.

Charged with the task of secretly escorting the infant child, Keevan, to safety, Captain Cahlder thinks his early retirement an easy thing to earn. But an enemy ambush scatters even the best laid plans to the wind.

An ancient evil stirs in the hills beyond Shaylis. The damned soul's influence touches rich and poor alike, twisting the people against their fellows and coating the streets in terror.As if surviving his assassin training weren't a tall enough task, now Kaltor Stratagar faces a race against time. The creature's strength grows by the hour, compelling more souls to her cause. If Kaltor doesn't find a means of breaking her hold upon the minds of men,...

The Destroyer's taint thrives in Shaylis' western mountains, weaving her influence into nature and man alike. The fleeing malagian and felshaw soldiers have little chance of survival. Her ranks recover all too quickly.But a bright ray of hope appears. Gereth has discovered a way to track the Destroyer's whereabouts. Her path leads them into the heart of those tainted hills, towards a device of ancient power. The battle to reach her is costly, but...

In her last moments, the Destroyer revealed a great secret in the heart of Levarion's King, Taleveer. A dark truth no true Battleborn of Levarion can let stand. But now Kaltor walks as any other Battleborn, without his Remnant power to sustain him.Fractured allegiances, broken oaths and desperate escapes hurl Kaltor back into Levarion's heart. Family loyalties will burn. True love will turn to stone. Taleveer's greatest ally surfaces for the former-Remnant's...

Among the Children of the Sky, even the smallest child can light a candle at will. Water, lighting and fire rise to the call of every Tri-Being's emotions.Kaltor Stratagar, and Outlander refugee, is no Tri-Being. Even a simple candle mocks his lack of elemental power, not to mention the growing abilities of his peers.As a child, leaving Keevan alive was an act of mercy the Council couldn't refuse. Though at constant war with the Outlanders, they didn't...