Forged by evil mages. Lost in a vicious war. A sword that can save a realm—or bring it to its knees. Thorstorm is a land of chaos. Armies of horned invaders have destroyed its greatest cities. A Wrathlord’s curse plunges the nation toward blindness. In a remote corner of the realm, young logger Baard Thon dreams of a life of adventure but fears he might never get the chance to leave his village. Then the enemy storms the village and thrusts him into an epic quest to save everyone and everything he loves. He is no mage; he is no blademaster. But since he escaped the curse, he must battle the curser. The only weapon to kill a Wrathlord might be forever lost in the land of monsters. If he can’t survive long enough to find it, Baard will disappear into an eternal fog. And emerge as one of … them.

As the world teeters on the brink, Baard Thon, the Wrathlord slayer, becomes a beacon of hope. And a target of both humans and monsters. The king is jealous of Baard’s fame. Religious fanatics want to murder Baard for defying a doctrine. The two remaining Wrathlords are mustering Daemorcs and Corpsentinels, and Baard can't face them without his Wrathblade. The sword has snapped, though, and neither the wizards nor the elves can retrieve its magic. As the net tightens, a mysterious woman proposes something so insane that he scorns it. Until the impossible becomes his only chance.

Baard Thon is a warrior hardened beyond his years. But now, as magic has failed and the troops are shattered, he can only turn the tide of the war with a desperate ruse. If the plan fails, the monsters will roll over the devastated human and elven troops and march onto the capital to ravage and kill; if it works, Baard might destroy the Wrathlords, ride his dragon to the Empire, and learn silver-level magic from the Archmage. The plan is so insane that Baard contemplates forsaking it. Besides, his keen instincts keep telling him that a disaster awaits him regardless of the outcome.

Baard Thon has uncovered a cult of traitors and earned the trust of the Archmage. Now he’s got another task: to find a magical battleax. In the hands of the Archmage, the weapon can conquer the Dark Overlord. In the hands of a thief, it can destroy the world. And it has been stolen. Baard races on his dragon’s back to reclaim the artifact so the Archmage can summon warriors and mages—dead and alive—to the Ultimate Battle. He dreams of seeing his late clairvoyant sister and reuniting with his estranged sweetheart who has joined the warrior nuns. He longs to vanquish the Darkside. But the thief would rather kill everyone around than relinquish the battleax.

War rages in the empire, a gory conflict against the forces of the Darkside. The monsters stand united while the humans, elves, and dwarfs keep bickering on the other side of the battlefront. Having retrieved a magical battleax, Baard faces a task that is too big for him: unite warriors and mages—living and dead—for the Ultimate Battle. Although he makes a dreadful sacrifice, he can’t be sure of victory. The dead mages will disappear if killed again, and no spell can ever bring them back. Despite their Might, the living mages bleed and die like ordinary people. And bleed and die they will.

The blade awaits to save the world… Or bring mayhem, war, and death. Baard comes of age in a realm of chaos. Invaded by horned warriors, great cities lie in ash and tumbled stone. Where life remains, a curse weaves a dark fog that ravishes people’s eyesight. Although he dreams of journeys and adventures, Baard must stay to fight bloodthirsty monsters creeping around his village. But when an armed horde snatches Diara, he feels as if his soul has been ripped apart - and his desire to save her drags him into a war he has little chance of winning. Unless he finds a magical sword buried deep in the land of the Darkside. He may die long before he finds the sword. And if he succeeds, he will bleed. The Wizard’s Blade is the riveting opener of a complete epic fantasy series.