Beyond the Veil: 3 (Sacred Band)

In a world where a witch can turn a warrior into a flea where gemstone frogs can rain from the sky where no one is ever what he seems where loyalties are ensured by curses wizardry and the favor of warring gods... only the immortal Tempus can guarantee an armys success. And not even Tempus can tell the good guys from the bad in Tyse where everyone plays both ends against the middle - or if the price of victory against Mygdonia will be his Stepsons souls in their battle BEYOND THE VEIL third novel in the Sacred Band book series..When a Rankan messenger is killed in Tyse Randal the Stepsons pet wizard must read the dead mans mind. What Randal learns brings Niko back from the Misty Isles of Bandara and forces Tempus and his Stepsons into an alliance unholy even by Tysian standards with Cime the mage killer; Askelon lord of dreams; and the Rankan Third Commando a fighting unit so cruel it gives even the Stepsons pause. Together with Tempus long-lost daughter and his elemental lover Jihan they must venture beyond accursed Wizardwall to battle the Mygdonian Alliance and Roxanes Nisibisi witchcraft. The intrepid Band (whose central core is Tempus beloved Stepsons) must figure out who among the Tysian locals Rankan soldiers and Mygdonian defectors they can trust before its too late. Here is the third novel in Janet Morris Sacred Band series. Set in Tyse a town so mean and magic-ridden as to make Sanctuary seem like a singles bar BEYOND THE VEIL features Tempus Thieves World most powerful and misunderstood character and introduces Kama his warrior daughter as well as the deservedly infamous shock troops the 3rd Commando.