He wanders the realm with no banner, no master, and no mercy for the wicked. At thirty-eight, Kael Ardin is a wayfarer knight without a lord, a man who drifts from one troubled land to the next. He carries only his blade, his scars, and a mind sharpened by years of war. He asks for nothing-yet trouble always finds him. When Kael arrives at the border town of Duskmere, he expects little more than a meal and a place to rest his boots. Instead, he finds a village plagued by fear: children vanishing, whispers of a creature hunting in the night, and lords too corrupt-or too cowardly-to act. The people pray for salvation. What they get is Kael. With a strong will, an unyielding sense of justice, and the kind of cunning only a seasoned fighter possesses, Kael unravels a conspiracy that reaches far beyond Duskmere's walls. But monsters come in many forms-fangs in the dark, claws under moonlight... and men who hide their cruelty behind crowns and coin. The battle will be brutal. The outcome uncertain. But Kael has never been one to walk away from a fight worth winning. A brutal, fast-moving saga of honor, vengeance, and the shadows that bind them.
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