The Kadoshim they became: the Separate Ones.Įlyon saw, but could not bear to raise his fist against his beloved, and so war raged between the Kadoshim and the Ben-Elim, there in the Otherworld, the place of Spirit. He spread his deep malice and his lies amongst the Ben-Elim, until a host grew about him. But that was not enough for him, the great deceiver. Just as Asroth planned.Īsroth was first-created, Elyon's beloved, captain of the Ben-Elim, the Sons of the Mighty. When the starstone fell we should have listened to mankind and turned our faces from it, but its power sang to us, called us. All that has happened would be forgotten. But if I do not speak, do not write, then there will be nothing for those who follow. I am still the Voice, though I do not know who will listen. Now great Skald is dead, his kin scattered.

We giants, Sundered, the one clan split beyond all reconciliation.Ī thousand years I, Halvor, have lived, Voice of the King. Mankind has vanished, annihilated or fled these shores, and we are so few, now. The God-War has changed all things, Asroth's scheming, Elyon's wrath, corrupted and destroyed so much. Over two thousand years after it was written

Read Excerptĭiscovered in 1138 of the Age of Exiles, beneath the ruined fortress of Drassil. Now, the stones weep red and giant wyrms stir, and those who can still read the signs see a danger far worse than all that has come before.

The Banished Lands has a violent past where armies of men and giants clashed in battle, the earth running dark with their heartsblood. Nor does he agree with his father’s idea to summon his fellow kings to council. Many of them don’t involve his father, the High King Aquilus. He is one of the most skilled swordsman to come out of his homeland, yet he is always under the shadow of his older brother. Veradis is the newest member of the warband for the High Prince, Nathair. And nothing will stop him once he has started on his path.

But what he wants - the power to rule - will soon be in his grasp. And the price he pays will be in blood.Įvnis has sacrificed - too much it seems. The world is broken.and it can never be made whole again.Ĭorban wants nothing more than to be a warrior under King Brenin’s rule - to protect and serve. The first book in acclaimed epic fantasy author John Gwynne’s Faithful and Fallen series, Malice is a tale of blind greed, ambition, and betrayal set in a world where ancient monsters are reawakening - and a war to end all wars is about to begin.

Malice by john gwynne