The Queen of Scorn

<p>From ruin she rises. In scorn she reigns.</p><p></p><p>Damien Dreadfire's warband staggers through blood and battle a host of fractured clans bound by rage alone. Victory tastes like ash as oaths splinter and knives flash in the dark. Yet the warlord presses on chasing whispers of gods and legends thought dead. With fire in his heart and madness in his soul he dares the impossible-to defy the divine and carve his name among them.</p><p>In the south Prince Gareth Bethard drowns beneath grief and treachery. Betrayed in love hunted by conspirators and burdened with a kingdom on the edge of collapse he must rise from despair and don the mantle of a king. On the Plainhold where empires bleed and faith withers Gareth must rise or watch Betanthia fall to dust.</p>