The Path of The Mage (Book 1 of The Path of The Mage)

The Land of Kyuga. A beautiful place with majestic creatures, all- powerful mages and great warriors, who worshipped so called "gods" like Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, but more on the fighting side, like Ares, the god of war. Warriors aspired to be like these "gods" if not greater than them. They went to such lengths as killing innocent people .. all in the name of the gods. Especially the Northern Tribe.
When the gods saw these deeds, they punished these people severely. They ripped their souls out of their bodies, forever trapping them as mindless zombies. They banished them to the underworld for all eternity where they were either tortured or served as minions to the king of the underworld. If not this then they would be sent to fend for their lives in the deepest darkest part of the woods where they faced creatures such as The Minotaur, The Leshy, Cerberus and the Lycanthrope. This caused the North to be silent for centuries.
Then after centuries of gathering their forces, the North launched a full scale invasion against the Western, Eastern and Southern tribes. The blood of children, families, babies, women and animals alike were spilled. After 3 years of continuous war, all three tribes succumbed to the North. But this was only the beginning.
Living in this time is a struggle, especially for 12- year old Mason Wright whose brother left them to join the Northern army after the death of their father. Weeks after his father died, his mother became ill. He grew up as the man of the house, getting the food and the water, just enough to survive the week. When he found out the Northern Tribe had a cure for his mother, mason vowed to do whatever it took to get it.. even if that mean't breaking into the heavily fortified palace of the Northern Tribe. But what happens next... may change his life forever...