Amica Saga Series

It has been four hundred years since the Mage Wars ended and Terrus the Liberator banished the mage lords to the island of Lantana. Since that time, the continent of Amica has been free from their destructive influences, but an archivist fears that sacred vow is being broken, and he is willing to risk his life to stop it. Indeed, he willing to risk all of Lantana to foil the evil plot. Marcus is an apprentice blacksmith in his father's village forge. His ambition is to become the best blacksmith he can, but fate holds a different future for young Marcus of Kor. When a dark stranger appears in the forge with a black, hiltless sword made of an unknown metal, Marcus is propelled on a dangerous adventure that will change the world. Along his path, Marcus will have to deal with a rebel spymaster whose goal is to mold a young captive into a deadly assassin, a cloaked stranger whose focus is on ancient history with an urgency to avoid a feared future, a young warrior woman who befriends everyone yet trusts no one, a noble's son with an eye for archery and a yearning for adventure, a once benevolent king who has mysteriously grown evil and greedy, an elite military group willing to slaughter entire villages to please their masters, and a general who knows that the world has gone awry but feels helpless to change it. Avenging Shadow is a tale of adventure, magic, intrigue, betrayal, and bravery. While it is a story of a young man's struggle for justice, it also a story of friendship and the binding of diverse goals in a gripping saga of daring and hope.

What starts out as a short trip to a temple turns into a race to stay alive as Marcus and Antioch are pursued by a mage enforcer and bounty hunters. Prodded by a priest and a caravan warrior, Marcus finally accepts his fate as the Avenging Shadow and dives into a deep conspiracy that is enslaving the population of Grim and cornering the market for iron.

Posing as a merchant's warrior, the Avenging Shadow sneaks into the Northlands to learn what the rogue mages have in store for Amica, but the enemy is waiting for him and seals the mountain pass that is his only path of escape.

Thefts, assassinations and political corruption rock the Amican Riviera as powerful rouge mages intent on world denomination quietly work their blood magic. The authorities seem incapable of stopping the crimes as the Avenging Shadow joined by old friends and new allies leaps into the fray but will it be enough to stem the rumblings of a resurgence of the ancient Mage Wars?

A terrible war is coming to Amica. Rogue mage lords control the north where armies are massing for a spring offensive; new breeds of mage beasts are ready to destroy everything in their path, and vile blood magic controls the masses. Only the Avenging Shadow and his band of ragtag followers have seen the truth. With time for preparations running out, Marcus sets out to form an Amican Alliance amongst the twenty-nine countries south of the Northern Wall, but he has no proof to present to the skeptical and capricious kings. When he enlists the help of the few kings who know him and believe in him, the rogue mages begin a campaign of intimidation and assassination to derail the efforts of the Avenging Shadow. The only path left open to Marcus is to reveal his identity to convince the kings, but that move makes him a target as the rogue mages of Lantana learn of his true identity.

Over four hundred years ago, Terrus the Liberator ended the Mage Wars by banishing the mage lords to the island of Lantana. The world was at peace, but that era of peace has ended. Alfor and his rogue mages have seized control of the Northlands of Amica and are bringing about the return of the mage lords. As the world rushes to war, the Amican Alliance is faced with an ever-widening front in the north while Alfor tries to bring the mages of Lantana into the war as his allies. If all of the mages unite against Amica, the world is certainly doomed, but there is a single ray of hope standing in the way of that destruction. The Avenging Shadow wields the Sword of Articus, and he plans to take on Alfor and the mages, even if he must do so alone.

As the battle lines are drawn, an awesome weapon is forged in the north, an army that will destroy the Alliance before the war has even begun. Join Marcus and his allies as they race to prepare for war. In this penultimate volume of the Amica Saga, they must face Alfor's plots and the fearsome machinations of his nefarious rogue mage infiltrators, but the true danger lies in the coming Blood Army.

Vastly outnumbered, the tiny armies of the Amican Alliance brace for the coming onslaught that will destroy their world. As everyone teeters on the edge of doom, the Avenging Shadow bets everything on an unorthodox strategy to turn Alfor's strengths against him. Edge of Doom is the 8th and final volume of the Amica Saga.