The Kingdom of Kaereste is at peace after decades of war.
The drums of battle have gone silent, and the killing fields still, but those who man the Aldranari Line know you can never trust an elf.
Calder Shiels understands this better than most as the sole survivor of a brutal attack that left him an orphan and ignited decades of war between the nations of elves and men. Now a man grown, he serves as a Sentinel in the Queen's Legion at an outpost on the edge of nowhere.
When his milefort comes under attack by elven forces, the fragile peace is shattered, and long-buried memories are dredged into the light along with a forbidden gift that may prove to be Calder's only path to salvation.
Spellblade is a riveting story of murder, revenge, and lust for power in a world ruled by The Great Lie of the elite.
"The Spellblades are dead, their bones dust in the wind."
"Are they? I wonder…"