Last of the Exalted

<p><em>One of the best fantasy novels I have read so far this year.</em> </p><p><strong>Rebecca Ross Reedsy Discovery</strong></p><p><br></p><p>When a bloodthirsty horde storms out of the north refugees flee for their lives among them the skald Nyra Sahtis and Sister Caelin a priestess who was once a trainer of armies.</p><p><br></p><p>But with the capital Jeridium under siege from a second incursion there is nowhere left to run.</p><p><br></p><p>As rival armies converge on Jeridium the Senate are reduced to clutching at straws. In a desperate last gambit they send the assassin Shadrak the Unseen past enemy lines and into the mountains where he must find a grief-stricken warrior and his mythical axe.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Derek Prior always produces masterpieces of storytelling with great characters full of life relentless plots and gripping and intense fight scenes.</em></p><p><strong>Mitchell Hogan author of <em>A Crucible of Souls</em></strong></p>