Defying Equilibrium: Book IV
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Last published Wed, Jan 25, 2017
The regime of the Rule of Equilibrium is beginning to crumble before their eyes, as they traverse the land destroying the pillars that kept the Rule in place. However, a growing unease has settles in the stomachs of all those who travel their paths. When a traitor in their midst begins to threaten the stability of the Malachi warriors, the most unpredictable players become those least suspected.
As Winter falls on the land once more, trust is tested, alliances broken and lifelong friends are betrayed.
The fourth instalment in the Defying Equilibrium series.
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