The Fire Within

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Lying between the Orkhlands of the south and the Human and Aelf realms of the north is a wide pass between high mountains. Ever has it been a gateway of invasion by the Orkhish hordes. Now it is again and again the way must be barred.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Among the defenders of the pass are Bera a lone Half-Orkh among Humans. The Lady Zara a captain of Aelfin cavalry who carries an ancient stain of dishonor. And Earic a young nobleman with a secret love.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Each must confront a crisis of their own heart while together they are caught up in a titanic struggle between two great armies for control of this vital mountain pass: a battle that will decide the fate of realms.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>The Fire Within</em> is an epic fantasy novel of sword and shield and the peril that lies in believing the stories we tell ourselves.</strong></p>