Lord of the Fire Lands

"Exceptional . . . Duncan can swashbuckle with the best, but his characters feel more deeply and think more clearly than most" (Publishers Weekly).

Raider and Wasp have spent five years at Ironhall studying to become Blades, expert swordsmen whose talents stand unmatched. Magic both enhances the Blades' fighting skills and binds them to lifelong duty. But when Raider and Wasp are selected to protect the king of Chivial himself, they refuse, an act unprecedented in the living history of the ...