Tragedy forges a heart of darkness.

The Kingdom of Kaereste is at peace after decades of war.

The drums of battle have gone silent, and the killing fields still, but those who man the Aldranari Line know you can never trust an elf. War has given way to a fragile peace, but an ancient evil stirs in the places where darkness dwells, and The Lord of Chaos watches.

Calder is the sole survivor of a brutal attack that left him an orphan and ignited decades of war between elves and humans. Now a man grown, he serves as a Sentinel in the Queen's Legion at an outpost on the edge of nowhere.

When Grymsgate comes under attack by elven forces, the tenuous peace is shattered, dredging long-buried memories into the light and a forbidden gift that may be Calder's only salvation. Accused of desertion and cast from the Legion he spent his life serving, Calder finds himself adrift and without purpose until a chance encounter puts him on the Path to Vengeance.

Spellblade is a riveting story of murder, revenge, and lust for power in a world ruled by The Great Lie of the elite.

"The Spellblades are dead, their bones dust in the wind."

"Are they? I wonder…"