Chosen: The Year of Veras Book 1

The richest man in the world enlists powerful allies from another plane to assume his place as emperor, not realizing that even he is a pawn. War rages between Bronland and Tomania, threatening the foundations of both countries. A new religious movement challenges the dominant Theocon for the souls of man. All that stands between Androvia and ruin are a squire, a servant girl, and an executed criminal that has returned from the grave.

And that's only the beginning. Worse things than the pet...