A nation's elite warriors vanished. A throne in jeopardy on the heels of murder. War devouring the survivors... The Kingsmen have vanished. Elite fighters for the king, they were summoned to re-swear their bonds or be charged with treason, and were never heard from again. Elohl den'Alrahel was just a boy when his people disappeared. Now a jaded military veteran, inked with the Blackmark and despised for it, he seeks the truth of the betrayal that decimated his people. Returning to the capitol, Elohl reunites with his sister Olea, Guard Captain for the new young queen, in search of answers. But a network of assassins controls the throne, since the old king's death. An attempt on the queen's life plunges the nation into chaos, calling on Elohl to make a dangerous choice-to protect the crown that betrayed him, or not. Now, Elohl and Olea must give up everything to shatter the hidden sect that usurps power from the throne. Joining with friends long scattered, they rediscover an ancient battle between the Kingsmen and a shadowy force that has hounded them for centuries, the Khehemni. As war threatens, will the exiled new queen trust the Kingsmen once more? Or will a bloody war be reaped in the shadows-burning all nations and bringing kings to their knees? This gritty & heroic epic fantasy series from an Amazon bestselling and award-winning author explores a complex world of treachery, war, and magic. Featuring outcast misfits battling against all odds, multi-POV and multi-racial characters, spectacular world-building, and low magic with a high magic past, these deeply layered sword and sorcery novels have been compared to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicles, George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher, and Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive.
A nation's elite warriors vanished. A throne in jeopardy on the heels of murder. War devouring the survivors... The Kingsmen have vanished. Elite fighters for the king, they were summoned to re-swear their bonds or be charged with treason, and were never heard from again. Elohl den'Alrahel was just a boy when his people disappeared. Now a jaded military veteran, inked with the Blackmark and despised for it, he seeks the truth of the betrayal that decimated his people. Returning to the capitol, Elohl reunites with his sister Olea, Guard Captain for the new young queen, in search of answers. But a network of assassins controls the throne, since the old king's death. An attempt on the queen's life plunges the nation into chaos, calling on Elohl to make a dangerous choice-to protect the crown that betrayed him, or not. Now, Elohl and Olea must give up everything to shatter the hidden sect that usurps power from the throne. Joining with friends long scattered, they rediscover an ancient battle between the Kingsmen and a shadowy force that has hounded them for centuries, the Khehemni. As war threatens, will the exiled new queen trust the Kingsmen once more? Or will a bloody war be reaped in the shadows-burning all nations and bringing kings to their knees? This gritty & heroic epic fantasy series from an Amazon bestselling and award-winning author explores a complex world of treachery, war, and magic. Featuring outcast misfits battling against all odds, multi-POV and multi-racial characters, spectacular world-building, and low magic with a high magic past, these deeply layered sword and sorcery novels have been compared to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicles, George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher, and Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive.
