Books in The Swordmaster Trilogy series

Ten warriors hunt a lone man. He flees … and plunges headlong into an epic quest of even greater danger. Talon, ruthlessly pursued by the warrior band, returns to the land of his birth. He finds it threatened by an army. The mountain fortress that guards the narrow pass into the realm is undermanned. Worse, the kingdom’s soldiers are fighting a battle on another front. There are no reinforcements. The fortress will fall. When it does, the enemy will ravage an unprotected kingdom. Talon risks his life to bring word to allies who might help. But to reach them, he must somehow pass through the very army set to destroy the kingdom. Danger and dark magic beset him at every step. The road to safety is long, and the hope of success is short. Yet he finds an unexpected ally. A girl of striking courage helps him, and he falls in love with her. But if his quest fails, only smoke and ash will remain of the future they might have shared. Previously released as Fortress of the Forgotten. This is a remastered and expanded edition.

Talon has found the help his homeland needs. The king’s army hastens across the long leagues to Thromdar Castle…But the sorcerer has already unleashed forbidden magic against it. The wizard had warned that men must fight goblins and wizardry oppose dark sorcery. But not even he had foreseen that the enemy would summon a creature of nightmare to breach the fortress. But out of the great dark beyond the reach of men, a creature answers the call. The final battle looms. Not just for the fortress, but for Talon also. And if he survives, a terrible secret awaits him that will change his life forever.

Battle and foul sorcery lie behind Talon…but his future seems darker still. Thromdar Castle is now besieged by the goblin horde. Worse, a sorcerer steeped in evil and master of black arts leads the offence. He will let nothing stop him, least of all the wizard who stands upon the battlements and defies him. Mighty is the battle of steel against steel, goblin against man and army against army. Yet just as mighty is the lone contest between sorcerer and wizard. But in the end, the castle will fall despite the courage of its defenders. So it stands as Talon seeks to bring help. But as he proceeds, the Chung who hunt him and the creature of dark magic that stalks him draw ever closer. He knows they will find him before he fulfills his quest, and then a battle will be fought that he cannot win. Yet he must find a way, or all that he loves will fall to ruin and flame.