An ancient evil stirs in the hills beyond Shaylis. The damned soul's influence touches rich and poor alike, twisting the people against their fellows and coating the streets in terror.
As if surviving his assassin training weren't a tall enough task, now Kaltor Stratagar faces a race against time. The creature's strength grows by the hour, compelling more souls to her cause. If Kaltor doesn't find a means of breaking her hold upon the minds of men, Shaylis will fall.
Join Kaltor Stratagar in a desperate struggle of magic, steel and intrigue. Witness a battle of the spirit where the goodness of a man's heart wields more power than the strength of his arm, but only the skill with a blade can keep a man alive.
An even greater threat awaits Kaltor within the protective walls of Shaylis itself, for even damned souls can find friends in the most useful and unexpected places…
Dive into The Assassin's Rising Series, S. B. Sebrick's riveting epic fantasy world of adventure, mystery, and intrigue. Don't delay!
As if surviving his assassin training weren't a tall enough task, now Kaltor Stratagar faces a race against time. The creature's strength grows by the hour, compelling more souls to her cause. If Kaltor doesn't find a means of breaking her hold upon the minds of men, Shaylis will fall.
Join Kaltor Stratagar in a desperate struggle of magic, steel and intrigue. Witness a battle of the spirit where the goodness of a man's heart wields more power than the strength of his arm, but only the skill with a blade can keep a man alive.
An even greater threat awaits Kaltor within the protective walls of Shaylis itself, for even damned souls can find friends in the most useful and unexpected places…
Dive into The Assassin's Rising Series, S. B. Sebrick's riveting epic fantasy world of adventure, mystery, and intrigue. Don't delay!
The city of Shaylis still lives, the traitor Vengral lies in chains, but the Destroyer walks freely upon the earth.
Kaltor’s newly awoken link to his brother causes more problems than it solves, bringing five years of dampened doubt and fear crashing down on his mind. Suspicion between his parents tests the bonds of his family’s loyalty. Mysterious deaths and demonic dreams haunt their path as they attempt to intercept the Destroyer before she reaches civilization.
Their efforts against the Destroyer collide upon the walls of the capital city, Levarion. Here the fate of king and realm will be decided in a relentless battle of both mind and steel as the Abyssian’s full power and her new champion are finally revealed.
Kaltor’s newly awoken link to his brother causes more problems than it solves, bringing five years of dampened doubt and fear crashing down on his mind. Suspicion between his parents tests the bonds of his family’s loyalty. Mysterious deaths and demonic dreams haunt their path as they attempt to intercept the Destroyer before she reaches civilization.
Their efforts against the Destroyer collide upon the walls of the capital city, Levarion. Here the fate of king and realm will be decided in a relentless battle of both mind and steel as the Abyssian’s full power and her new champion are finally revealed.
Old hatreds and savage battles erupt when Malagian forces appear on the western mountains, marching for Shalon. A former student of Taneth's marches with them, aiding in the hunt of his once-fellow Battleborn. Perversions of viper hounds seek out varadours with predatory ease.
The Destroyer plans each step with deadly efficiency. Desperate attempts to delay the oncoming force, save captured allies, and endure the enemy's hate-fueled tortures will shatter bonds of friendship years in the forging. Even hasty alliances with rival assassins, the Battlescorned, will not prevent one bitter truth from striking someone closest to Kaltor.
Worse fates than death lie in wait for a Battleborn. Much worse.
The Destroyer plans each step with deadly efficiency. Desperate attempts to delay the oncoming force, save captured allies, and endure the enemy's hate-fueled tortures will shatter bonds of friendship years in the forging. Even hasty alliances with rival assassins, the Battlescorned, will not prevent one bitter truth from striking someone closest to Kaltor.
Worse fates than death lie in wait for a Battleborn. Much worse.
The Destroyer's taint thrives in Shalon’s western mountains, weaving her influence into nature and man alike. The fleeing malagian and felshaw soldiers have little chance of survival. Her ranks recover all too quickly.
But a bright ray of hope appears. Gereth has discovered a way to track the Destroyer's whereabouts. Her path leads them into the heart of those tainted hills, towards a device of ancient power. The battle to reach her is costly, but the price of defeating her could haunt Kaltor for decades to come.
But a bright ray of hope appears. Gereth has discovered a way to track the Destroyer's whereabouts. Her path leads them into the heart of those tainted hills, towards a device of ancient power. The battle to reach her is costly, but the price of defeating her could haunt Kaltor for decades to come.
In her last moments, the Destroyer revealed a great secret in the heart of Levarion's King, Taleveer. A dark truth no true Battleborn of Levarion can let stand. But now Kaltor walks as any other Battleborn, without his Remnant power to sustain him.
Fractured allegiances, broken oaths and desperate escapes hurl Kaltor back into Levarion's heart. Family loyalties will burn. True love will turn to stone. Taleveer's greatest ally surfaces for the former-Remnant’s blood, a foe even the might of the Destroyer could not touch.
Sages, the ultimate bonding of flesh and stone, walk the earth once again.
Fractured allegiances, broken oaths and desperate escapes hurl Kaltor back into Levarion's heart. Family loyalties will burn. True love will turn to stone. Taleveer's greatest ally surfaces for the former-Remnant’s blood, a foe even the might of the Destroyer could not touch.
Sages, the ultimate bonding of flesh and stone, walk the earth once again.
In the epic conclusion to the 'Assassin's Rising' Series, a new Varadour Remnant emerges, Atacherous. Calling Kaltor out as a fraud before the entire Realm, the false Remnant demands a contest of arms in open combat, by army or by their own blades.
Kaltor must march to the Citadel, proving his worth one final time lest his followers be butchered for supporting him against the King. There he must face the Venom Queen, Meriska. Earning such a woman's loyalty challenges even the bravest of men, but she's also Selene's mother. There's nothing like dealing with a potential mother-in-law who specializes in untraceable poisons.
But tearing aside one web of lies only reveals another tangle of deception. There's more to the meeting then a mere false Remnant. A great secret lies in the Citadel's depths, something even the Venom Queen herself could not keep secret. Now demons and King alike turn their sole attentions to Keevan, the Sight Seeker Remnant, Kaltor's brother.
His secret is out. The earth itself will scream of war.
Kaltor must march to the Citadel, proving his worth one final time lest his followers be butchered for supporting him against the King. There he must face the Venom Queen, Meriska. Earning such a woman's loyalty challenges even the bravest of men, but she's also Selene's mother. There's nothing like dealing with a potential mother-in-law who specializes in untraceable poisons.
But tearing aside one web of lies only reveals another tangle of deception. There's more to the meeting then a mere false Remnant. A great secret lies in the Citadel's depths, something even the Venom Queen herself could not keep secret. Now demons and King alike turn their sole attentions to Keevan, the Sight Seeker Remnant, Kaltor's brother.
His secret is out. The earth itself will scream of war.
