Long ago Lord Huto abandoned the City of Masters to live as a hermit atop a nameless mountain. Casting aside his royal lineage, he also abandoned his mastery of sorcery, leaving his brother to rule as Emperor of Yhorom. Yet Huto could not abandon the Thousand Year Bond that extends his natural life by ten centuries. Now, some 350 years later, an emissary from the great city brings news that Huto's brother has been murdered. The chief suspect for this crime is the Emperor's own wife, whose sorcery rivalled that of her husband. Huto doesn't give a damn about politics, but he comes down from his lonely mountain for one reason: to expose and destroy his brother's killer. However, it's a long way back to Yhorom, and dark forces conspire to ensure that the hermit-prince never makes it home alive.
When rampaging soldiers destroy a small northern village, Umi loses her mother and her people in a single day. She flees into the depths of the Mossback Forest, where dangers and wonders abound. Adopted by a pack of wild forest spirits, she learns the secrets of earth magic, as well as how to track and kill those who despoil the forest. One day she will leave behind the wilderness and its vengeful spirits to walk the Dragon Road, which carries her all the way to ancient Yhorom, where the Old Masters rule by the twin virtues of steel and sorcery.
The hermit prince and the daughter of spirits are destined to meet...but will it be as allies or enemies?
The answer to this question will change the course of history.
- A Scaleborn Novel -
Genre: Fantasy
When rampaging soldiers destroy a small northern village, Umi loses her mother and her people in a single day. She flees into the depths of the Mossback Forest, where dangers and wonders abound. Adopted by a pack of wild forest spirits, she learns the secrets of earth magic, as well as how to track and kill those who despoil the forest. One day she will leave behind the wilderness and its vengeful spirits to walk the Dragon Road, which carries her all the way to ancient Yhorom, where the Old Masters rule by the twin virtues of steel and sorcery.
The hermit prince and the daughter of spirits are destined to meet...but will it be as allies or enemies?
The answer to this question will change the course of history.
- A Scaleborn Novel -
Genre: Fantasy
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