mugiachoir
Tristan Nighthart never wanted glory.
He had Dunmara, a quiet coastal town overlooking the sea. He had Caelen Sunnvale, the friend who had stood beside him since childhood. And most importantly, he had Fiona, the girl he had loved for almost as long as he could remember and had finally married.
Then the Porturian Empire drew his name.
Torn from the life he had only just begun to build, Tristan is sent across the ocean as part of a massive campaign into the lands Porturia calls the New World.
Caelen volunteers to go with him.
The pay is good. The stories speak of distant kingdoms, unexplored lands, unimaginable riches, and an entire world beyond the horizon.
What could possibly go wrong?
But the continent waiting across the sea is far older, and far stranger than either of them imagined.
Ancient kingdoms fight beneath unfamiliar banners. Warriors carry names spoken with the weight of legends. Sacred places hide things the Empire dismisses as superstition. And beyond the edges of every map lie stories that perhaps were never stories at all.
What begins as a journey across the ocean will test everything Tristan, Caelen, and Fiona believed they knew about war, loyalty, love and home.
Because crossing the sea is easy.
Finding your way home is another matter entirely.