author - "Jason M. Green"
In the city of Malifestron, a young blacksmith named Tannis Vahrin is framed for attempting to murder the wife of King Malifesh, and is made an unwilling pawn in a plot the king’s advisor, a man named Anstrom, first set into motion nearly two decades in the past. After a twist of fate allows him to escape his imprisonment accompanied by a fellow prisoner, a foreigner named Alqim, he meets a mercenary called Krow, who convinces him to help lead an army being raised by the king’s nephew, in exchange for helping him to escape the city. Tannis agrees in the hopes of clearing his name, and takes the first of many steps on the path to becoming a warrior. The three of them face many obstacles, as they recruit people from Krow’s past who might be capable of helping to lead, and they encounter battle and betrayal along the way. Then when they finally reach their destination, Tannis meets one of Anstrom’s former pawns who tells him of his true origins, and he must contend with learning that much of what he believed about his life was a lie. After coping with what he has just learned, Tannis emerges stronger and more determined to lead the army to victory over the oppressive forces gathered by Anstrom.
In this action-packed sequel to The Hammer And The Sword, the army raised by the nephew of King Malifesh arrives in Avnadele with the intention of ending the war started by the king‘s advisor. Each part of the army lands in a different part of the country and they all head towards Malifestron for what they hope will be the final battle of the conflict, but things might not work out as they hope because the chief architect of the war has already fled the country.
As they march across Avnadele, all those who originally came from that country find that the land of their birth has changed for the worse in their absence, and a few learn that some of the people they have come to save view them in the same manner as those who have enslaved them. In addition to these things, not only do they have to deal with enemies on the battlefield, but also with betrayals on both sides of the conflict. Those fighting on both sides know that casualties will be many and sacrifices will have to be made to win the battle, but the outcome of the conflict will mean the difference between freedom and a life of oppression for the people of Avnadele and the Northern Lands.
In the later half of the twenty-first century, Jobe Corithese is hired to track down some missing people who are believed to have been kidnapped, but his job will not be easy because he is being hunted by members of the various law enforcement organizations of Earth for his alleged crimes. His only hope is to recruit a man he encountered years ago, despite the fact that their last meeting nearly ended in death. Then with his temporary partner, they follow the evidence first to a space station orbiting the moon, and then to the moon itself in search of the missing people. However, they soon learn that things are not quite as simple as they originally thought, and they are drawn into a web of intrigue, as they are pursued by people who have their own agendas and will not hesitate to sacrifice others to achieve their goals. Their mission eventually takes them back to Earth, where they must risk everything to learn the truth about the conspiracy they have been swept into, and they ultimately learn that not everything in their lives was what it seemed.
In the city of Malifestron, a young blacksmith named Tannis Vahrin is framed for attempting to murder the wife of King Malifesh, and is made an unwilling pawn in a plot the king’s advisor, a man named Anstrom, first set into motion nearly two decades in the past. After a twist of fate allows him to escape his imprisonment accompanied by a fellow prisoner, a foreigner named Alqim, he meets a mercenary called Krow, who convinces him to help lead an army being raised by the king’s nephew, in exchange for helping him to escape the city. Tannis agrees in the hopes of clearing his name, and takes the first of many steps on the path to becoming a warrior. The three of them face many obstacles, as they recruit people from Krow’s past who might be capable of helping to lead, and they encounter battle and betrayal along the way. Then when they finally reach their destination, Tannis meets one of Anstrom’s former pawns who tells him of his true origins, and he must contend with learning that much of what he believed about his life was a lie. After coping with what he has just learned, Tannis emerges stronger and more determined to lead the army to victory over the oppressive forces gathered by Anstrom.
In this action-packed sequel to The Hammer And The Sword, the army raised by the nephew of King Malifesh arrives in Avnadele with the intention of ending the war started by the king‘s advisor. Each part of the army lands in a different part of the country and they all head towards Malifestron for what they hope will be the final battle of the conflict, but things might not work out as they hope because the chief architect of the war has already fled the country.
As they march across Avnadele, all those who originally came from that country find that the land of their birth has changed for the worse in their absence, and a few learn that some of the people they have come to save view them in the same manner as those who have enslaved them. In addition to these things, not only do they have to deal with enemies on the battlefield, but also with betrayals on both sides of the conflict. Those fighting on both sides know that casualties will be many and sacrifices will have to be made to win the battle, but the outcome of the conflict will mean the difference between freedom and a life of oppression for the people of Avnadele and the Northern Lands.
In the later half of the twenty-first century, Jobe Corithese is hired to track down some missing people who are believed to have been kidnapped, but his job will not be easy because he is being hunted by members of the various law enforcement organizations of Earth for his alleged crimes. His only hope is to recruit a man he encountered years ago, despite the fact that their last meeting nearly ended in death. Then with his temporary partner, they follow the evidence first to a space station orbiting the moon, and then to the moon itself in search of the missing people. However, they soon learn that things are not quite as simple as they originally thought, and they are drawn into a web of intrigue, as they are pursued by people who have their own agendas and will not hesitate to sacrifice others to achieve their goals. Their mission eventually takes them back to Earth, where they must risk everything to learn the truth about the conspiracy they have been swept into, and they ultimately learn that not everything in their lives was what it seemed.