The Soo’h were monsters—mythical executioners who turned kingdoms into ash and carved legends into stone. Four thousand years later, they stir again.
Tandu, a young sorcerer’s apprentice from the Shadow Towers, sets out to stop a war before it begins. A stolen artifact. A divided continent. A fragile peace clinging to winter’s edge.
Far south, Rahlon fights for survival in the emperor’s blood-soaked arena. He doesn’t remember his past. He only knows he has friends worth bleeding for—and a battlemaster willing to train him toward freedom.
But Eryk’s mentorship hides a secret. One that links Rahlon to a power no one should awaken.
As ancient shadows rise and nations fracture, the fate of the world may rest on a single slave’s blade. But will he wield it—or fall beneath it?
