The Shattered Reigns

Despite his youth, Declan Idrys knows the evils of the world. Together with his companion Ryn — a horse of peculiar talent — he has spent a decade beneath the bloody banners of mercenary guilds, hunting wickedness within the borders of Viridian. When a troubling contract goes sideways, Declan and Ryn are thrust into a war thought legend and long-ended — one so old it evokes the time when dragons ruled the western skies. As dead men rise and terrible beasts descend from the north, Declan must choose: flee the rising horror, or face it and learn to wield an ageless power all his own. Centuries pass, but the Blood of Kings does not fade.

Ryn has fallen. Ester could be dying. Bonner is too far away to help. No matter how Declan looks at his situation, the conclusion is the same: he is about to die at the hands of the first dark elf seen in seven hundred years. Fate is not so cruel, however. After barely surviving this encounter with the er'endehn of Eserysh, Declan and his friends form a tentative truce with the war-loving elves — sharing a common enemy in the Endless Queen. But Sehranya is not one to rest, and the companions face new horrors as they set out at last for the legendary city of Ysenden. Within Declan, the slumbering might of his bloodline is stirring. Sehranya will rue the day she did not destroy the one of King's blood.