Alexander Layne

Marak has sworn to rule the world. Marak is a sixteen-year-old farmer's son, innocent and ignorant—he spends his days working in the fields, dreaming of ruling the world. When Sir Renatir, a wandering knight, agrees to take Marak on as his squire, Marak is thrust into a world of shadow and...

Marak has sworn to rule the world. But first he must become King. In only a handful of years, Marak has managed to go from farmboy to knight, from knight to infamous renegade. He has gained access to arcane power, wields an ancient and deadly blade, and has, by his side, loyal friends and allies...

After years of struggle and bloodshed, Marak is finally king. But his rise to power has only just begun. In the far south, amongst the mountains and snow, Iradan, the youngest Saint in the history of the Ascendancy, vows to take Marak's head and burn his kingdom to the ground.

The army of the Ascendancy is hammering at the gates. Iradan, Saint of the Green Star, has sworn to take Marak's head and burn his empire to the ground. But the gods can be fickle.