The dead are everywhere and many more will die... The elves and dwarves have been beaten down by the empire of men and now make a last flight to the safety of a hidden city in the far north. Berie is a young elf, fearful of those that hunt them, but also deadly with her bow. This is her first true test in a turbulent and darkening life. She must stay strong if she is to survive. This dangerous journey to a protected refuge is their last hope in a world where all wish them dead. But the greatest danger is not from men but from within their own ranks. This is a story set within the Saints of Wura world. All books in the Saints of Wura trilogy are available. You can see book one here: amazon.com/Winemaker-North-Saints-Wur...

NEW SECOND EDITION! RECENTLY COMPLETELY RE-EDITED! The lands are without magic... and the northern gods are whispering... Sviska is a man of the shadows, an assassin of an ancient sect; and his masters have a dark task for him. A desolate mountain city holds a secret that he is the key to unlocking. This time, he goes not as an assassin but under the guise as a winemaker. Magic within the world was destroyed in the age before. But this ordained city, a last hold for dwarves, elves, and all folk of the old world and of the old gods, stands as a refuge for those deemed evil... the enemies of his masters. His mission will be the last blow in a great crusade against magic but the true evil is not as he understands. An awakening is coming, darkness is on the horizon, and learning of his forgotten ancestry confuses his convictions. His masters would answer his betrayal with death. Now he must choose to follow their will and live or accept his true path and the consequences that come.

He has renounced The Order and stands with those of magic. Sviska seeks to protect that which he once called evil. Fleeing the destruction of the last refuge of magic in the land, he sails across the Glacial Seas with his new companions. Their path is unclear. The Galhedriss Arcana, the sacred book of magic, is safe from the grasp of The Order but for how long is unknown. In a world long against magic, they meet a mysterious half-elf that knows of their secrets and offers help against those that hunt them. But an old evil is awakening. The Order of men has gained a new ally, a mysterious entity of fog and shadows that wields arcane powers not seen since the time of the gods. To complete their tasks, the Saints will travel to the ruined cities of the elves and dwarves in search of a mystical artifact called the Dwarven Hand but they will not do so unnoticed. Sviska works to fight against the Order and this new evil before any hope of magic returning is forever lost. But he has not escaped from his shadowy past and his betrayal to his masters will have a steep price.

The world falls towards darkness. Magic is awakening in the north and the Grand Protectorate retreats after its bloody defeat at Srun. Sviska stands with the Island Nation against the evils of The Order and the Itsu Priest as the allies of magic make plans for their push against the capital city of their enemy. But all is not as it seems. The Itsu Priest is tightening his grip on the legions of the north changing them from men to unholy beasts. The Saints of Wura must move quickly to save Garoa's daughter from his evil clutches but some fear she could already be dead. Furthermore, hundreds have been kidnapped as sacrifices for a dark ritual and the time for the incantation draws near. Sviska is moving closer to unlocking the powers of his Dwemhar ancestry but as the blood curse ensnares his mind, he can only pray he is powerful enough to resist the will of The Order. He made a stand against a dark evil in the icy mountains of Elinathrond but now his life, and that of those he has grown to call friends, may be forfeit.

Forsaken to be a killer and sent to be a destroyer, Sviska must choose his own path. Sviska is a man of the shadows, an assassin without any one place to call his own. But in the Far North, he discovers a secret. Magic, long thought lost to the world, is alive. The genocide to destroy every elf, wizard, and sacred being of old is not yet complete. Sviska's masters work the strings of the world and he has been sent for a task he does not even fully understand yet. When at last he feels he has what he has always wanted, darkness falls upon the world. Forced to rise up to face an enemy more terrible than any he has ever met, Sviska comes to a moral crossroad. The Rogues of Magic rise but will Sviska be the blade that unites them all or strikes those of magic from the world forever? In this Tale of the Dwemhar trilogy, prepare yourself for a war that will bring about the gods of old, the remnants of the many races of magic, and follow a man in his journey to awaken that which sleeps deep within himself.