As unwanted, rebellious boys, they found refuge in Ironhall... Years, later they emerged as the finest swordsmen in the realm – THE KING'S BLADES.
Once bound, a Blade's life is no longer his own. Only death can break
the gilded chain of enchantment that binds the bodyguard to the man he
is sworn to defend. And never in living memory has a candidate refused
the honor of serving his king... until now.
Young Wasp never intended to be a rebel. Yet, at the sacred ceremony of
binding, he follows the lead of his friend Raider, and together they
spurn the wishes of King Ambrose himself. Now Raider and Wasp are
outlaws hunted by the very Blades whose ranks they were a breath away
from entering, and joined together by a destiny that binds them more
securely than any knot tradition and sorcery might tie.
Amid the
turmoil their "treachery" has inspired, Wasp and Raider must undertake
a desperate journey into the heart of the dreaded Fire Lands. And the
outcome of their terrifying confrontation with dark truth and darker
magic in this realm of monsters, ghosts, and half-men will ultimately
determinate of two kingdoms.
