In the Tiarna Beo, peace is a fragile illusion maintained through blood, faith, and the edge of a blade.The Brotherhood of the Lone Man rules the human realms with an iron fist, dedicated to the total annihilation of the "Unclean"—the shape-shifting Daoine. Yet, within the Citadel, internal conspiracies threaten to pull the One Throne into ruin.Amidst this chaos, the ancient prophecy of the iníon gealach—the Moon Daughter—begins to...

Even monsters have horrors they whisper about in the dark of the night.They told him that the Lost were animals. Crazed and brutal, they said, a danger to themselves and others. Hero, they called him, for providing the mercy of a clean death.They lied.The Tiarna Beo is a land frozen in the still moment between acts of savage violence. Forty years after a genocidal Purging that drove an entire race either into the grave or north through the mountains...

Dara as Tearnin wanted adventure. Instead she got kidnapping, betrayal, and a prophecy that everyone interprets to suit themselves. Dragged across the Tiarna and beyond by supposed allies who see her as a tool rather than a person, she is learning the hard way that power without choice is just a cage with prettier bars. Dara is done being chosen. This time she’ll make her own choices.Breag left his farm, his wife, and his daughters to rescue a girl who isn’t his blood, because nobo...

Carad claimed the One Throne through treachery, blackmail and murder. What will he need to do to keep it?For seven years he has ruled the Brotherhood with a havy hand and a tight leash. Now enemies beset him on all sides, Citadel inhabitants are turning up murdered and all fingers point to Carad. Worse, he begins to suspect that one of the very few he trusts with his life might be conspiring to end it. With tensions running high, Carad needs to figure out who the traitor is before ...