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This is the story of Tarod, a young, uncivilized man who comes from the mountains and wins a position in the court of a wealthy, peaceful nation. But the decadence of civilization, his own impetuous youth, and the machinations of a power hungry wizard set his life on a course he never could have anticipated.
The first four novellas are available individually (see below).
Tarod, a young man from the mountains, comes into civilization looking for help fighting off the slavers harassing his people. When he learns that the peaceful city of Nevara is holding a tournament to choose a new war lord, he joins the ranks of gladiators in hopes he can win and use his position to influence the king. His youth, inexperience, and the dark machinations of a wizard prove to be more challenging than the battles in the arena.
Tarod, a young man from the mountains, comes into civilization looking for help fighting off the slavers harassing his people. When he learns that the peaceful city of Nevara is holding a tournament to choose a new war lord, he joins the ranks of gladiators in hopes he can win and use his position to influence the king. His youth, inexperience, and the dark machinations of a wizard prove to be more challenging than the battles in the arena.
Escaping Minnea with his life and weapons and little else, the wounded Tarod finds unexpected sanctuary in the home of and enemy’s son. Healed and refocused, Tarod sets out to help the victims of his follies by rescuing travelers captured along the United Road. The quest takes him to the ancient city of Eun-Sarns, where he must face horrors beyond his imagination.
When he kills a poet singing a song mocking Tarod the Puppet King, Minnea’s former ruler is arrested and sentenced to hang. Tarod meets new friends in prison with a plan to escape, but the greater danger is the sword of Bolkar the Death Merchant, a bounty hunter who never brings anyone back alive.
Steven E. Wedel 