**A troubled past. War in the present. A dark future **.

**A troubled past. War in the present. A dark future **.

Brode grew up a bastard in Athra, looked down upon as a child of chaos. Sent away to the dragon riders as a squire, Brode counted it his luckiest day when Silas Brightbark of Coedhen vouched for him to join their ranks. Now a Champion in the Order he faces the largest incursion the world has ever seen.

Sent on a far flung mission to the Disputed Lands, Brode and Silas discover a remote town not on any map. It's a town of outcasts, of broken people, of folk that order has forgotten. As a scourge swarm gathers nearby, Brode and Silas face the toughest fight and decision of their lives.

This print edition also includes abonus second novellacalled* The Huntress set in the world of my first trilogy, The Dragon's Blade . There are also map images of both series, as well some concept sketches for * The Dragon's Blade.

A troubled past. War in the present. A dark future.

Brode grew up a bastard in Athra, looked down upon as a child of chaos. Sent away to the dragon riders as a squire, Brode counted it his luckiest day when Silas Brightbark of Coedhen vouched for him to join their ranks. Now a Champion in the Order he faces the largest incursion the world has ever seen.

Sent on a far flung mission to the Disputed Lands, Brode and Silas discover a remote town not on any map. It's a town of outcasts, of broken people, of folk that order has forgotten. As a scourge swarm gathers nearby, Brode and Silas face the toughest fight and decision of their lives.

This print edition also includes abonus second novellacalled* The Huntress set in the world of my first trilogy, The Dragon's Blade . There are also map images of both series, and concept sketches for * The Dragon's Blade.