Heroes of the Empire Book 1: The Cavalier

She calls the Empire home. He pledges to bring its downfall.

Death is Velamir's close acquaintance. As a student in the Chishman academy, he cannot escape the brutal war. When he's sent on a mission with three fellow academy cadets, Velamir returns to the Empire, the land of his birth. Calamity befalls the group as they trek through enemy territory, and Velamir learns a part of his past that makes the mission far more personal. Burdened with the deaths of the unavenged and the chance of losi...