About the Book
As unwanted, rebellious boys, they find refuge in Ironhall... Years
later they emerge as the finest swordsmen in the realm – THE KING'S
BLADES.
A magical ritual of a sword through the heart binds teach to his
ward – if not the king himself, then to whomever else the monarch
designates – with absolute loyalty. And the greatest Blade of them all
was – and is – Sir Durendal.
But a lifelong dream of protecting his beloved liege from enemies,
traitors, and monsters is dashed to bits when Durendal is bonded till
death to an effete noble fop at his king's orders. Yet Destiny has many
strange and inscrutable plans for the young knight – for a mission, a
contest, and, perhaps, a treasure await him in a faraway land. But he
soon finds himself enmeshed in treason and foul intrigues, compelled to
betray the king he had hoped to serve. The Blades have ways to protect
their own, but death and madness haunt the path to salvation and few
ever return unscathed.
