Rise of the Alliance II: The Blood Mage Texts: 2

Long-dormant magical forces are moving again in Sartorias-deles. In volume one A Sword Named Truth a shaky alliance made among young rulers brought too early to their thrones survived a first foray commanded by Siamis the handsome young Norsundrian who was born four thousand years ago. Siamis was defeated and the world celebrated believing peace had come!But the worlds mages know its not the quiet of peace-its the stillness before the storm.At the start of volume two The Blood Mage Texts the alliance seems to be a thing of the past as everyone is dealing with the fallout of the abortive attack. Rel the Traveler arrives back home to a surprise that has been awaiting him since he was first adopted launching him on a personal quest.Jilo the king who is not a king finds what looks like dangerous magical texts and hands them off to his friend Senrid young king of Marloven Hess who is in the midst of wrestling with his warlike nation. When word gets out that these eight-hundred-year-old blood mage texts are in the ignorant hands of youngsters all of Norsunders mages want them. Meanwhile Siamis has gone renegade hunted by both sides. All the searches converge on Chwahirsland furnishing new twists in the on-going saga of the alliance of young rulers . . .