''I can command storms, summon fire and unmake stone,'' Balfruss growled. ''It''s dangerous to meddle with things you don''t understand.''

***Shortlisted for the David Gemmell Award***

BALFRUSS is a battlemage, sworn to fight and die for a country that fears his kind.
VARGUS is a common soldier - while mages shoot lightning from the walls of his city, he is down on the front line getting blood on his blade.
TALANDRA is a princess and spymaster, but the war will force her to risk everything, and make the greatest sacrifice of all.

Magic and mayhem collide in this explosive epic fantasy from a major new talent.

For more from Stephen Aryan and the world of Battlemage, check out:

Age of Darkness
Battlemage
Bloodmage
Chaosmage

The Age of Dread
Mageborn
Magefall

ebook-only novella: Of Gods and Men