Last of the Exalted

One of the best fantasy novels I have read so far this year.Rebecca Ross Reedsy DiscoveryWhen 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.But with the capital Jeridium under siege from a second incursion there is nowhere left to run.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.Derek Prior always produces masterpieces of storytelling with great characters full of life relentless plots and gripping and intense fight scenes.Mitchell Hogan author of A Crucible of Souls