Death feeds life in the world of Denestia. The shade advances, bathing the land in blood as
they massacre all before them. Magics and creatures long thought dead
rise again.
To the east, in Ostania, an ancient clan re-emerges
to begin their conquest anew, leaving carnage in their wake. To the
west, the ruling Granadian Tribunal tries to maintain its stranglehold
on its empire while expanding into Ostanian lands under the premise of
converting the ‘uncivilized’ to the path of enlightenment.
Hope rests on the swords, intelligence, and power of four:
Ryne, a living legend at the edge of madness, haunted by a murderous past,
the voices of his power that whisper in his head, and hunted by the
Tribunal, strives to defend a village he swore to protect. Ancel, a
gifted student who has lost his way due to a love spurned, is stalked by the shade's minions and must learn to accept who he is or perish.
Irmina, Ancel's former lover, also a Tribunal assassin sent to find
Ryne, is mired in her quest for revenge on Ancel's parents, and must set aside her emotions or fail her final test. And Galiana Calestis,
Ancel's Teacher, and an old Matus whose greatest wish is to help her
people survive, must manipulate whoever she needs to if she's to see the Chronicles come to pass.
Between warring nations, vengeful
leaders, magic and steel, myth and men, the fate of the world hangs in
the balance. Who can unite the kingdoms against the encroaching
darkness? Who shall bring the power that drives the world to heel? Who
will walk the knife’s edge of harmony? If none can, then Denestia is
doomed.
