The Dominion Epic

Dominion is an epic fantasy novel set in a world where evil hides in plain sight, worming its way everywhere. The cast of protagonists is forced to act when a dragon destroys Kingston-the home city of the current monarch-and the monarch bands with them to avenge the fallen. Unfortunately, they seem to be the only ones willing to do such an endeavor.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the continent, an elf boy in the desert abandons his childhood early to protect a secret his parents died also protecting.
Also, in the northern Tundra, a bandit clan is destroying villages and slowly gaining control, a mother struggles to survive with her three children in the dead of winter.