Prologue

Irving shook his head. "No..." His eyes locked with those of the man he'd left behind. The man he feared the most. A man supposed to be dead. Blake was dead!

It's been four years since the War of the Dead Lords and times have changed for the better. Maxwell Talvace wears his well deserved crown and sits on the throne as the rightful king of Westover. Beside him is Colton Cardon, Voice of the King and the much loved Lord of the Westlands. But what of the east? At Highwich, an old foe begins to summon a Hannish army that threatens to ruin everything the Talvace Alliance has rebuilt.