Loyalty has its price. Stripped of rank and honor, a chance encounter with a young orphan sets one man on the road to redemption.
After years of faithful service Engle is stripped of his command and banished to a barren land. In a dangerous bid to regain favor, he returns home with a warning. Along the way he crosses paths with a young orphan and is duped into making her his squire. Fiery, secretive and carrying a pouch full of glowing blue stones, Athaliah is far more than meets the eye.
Together they share a common heritage, both born of a race people that are despised and feared for their skill with a bow and uncommonly gifted healers. A plague of violent attacks have stripped Athaliah of everyone she has ever loved leaving a wake destruction in her path. Engle takes her deep into hiding only to discover that her past harbors secrets far more dangerous than his.
Will he survive to know the truth or become yet another victim in this genocidal war?
This book is complete at 116,000 words but only partially uploaded.