Soldier (Book One)

Soldier


The king is going mad. In a fit of pique, he sends his youngest son, then eight, to the soldier's encampment at Ardea, which has recently come under attack from a mysterious force beyond the edges of the known world. Word of shambling corpses, mindless hordes and monsters have reached the boy's ears. He knows he is being sent to die. But for the love and distant guardianship of his brother, Edward, he might have. Yet there is more strength in Cai than even he knows, and it is this power that the enemy beyond knowledge covets, and seeks to consume. The battlefield becomes a deeply person struggle between Cai and his darker inclinations. The fight is not just for the defence of Karas Strem, but for the salvation of his soul.

Status: completed, awaiting representation/publication