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<\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n For Generations, the forest kingdom of Riocht has teetered on the knife\u2019s edge of ruin. Old rivalries smolder hot beneath the surface and only King Kennis\u2019 lifetime of vigilance has kept the countless sparks of civil war from bursting into flame. Now, after years of blood, sacrifice, and tenuous alliances, unity is finally within sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Until disaster strikes from where he least expects it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prince Tiarnard-his only heir and Riocht\u2019s best hope for peace-has fled the kingdom, chasing freedom in the distant Land of Fiaine. In Riocht, it is a place of dread, named in whispers as the Land of Shadow and Death. But to Tiarnard, it promises escape: from the grief of a shattered childhood, and from the crown that he has come to despise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But there is a darkness looming deeper than the threat of civil war, and a malice at work far beyond what Riocht has ever imagined. As Tiarnard is drawn ever deeper into a world that he does not understand, he may find that the path he walks is not his own. As the final shadow begins to close around Riocht and its prince, it becomes clear that there is only one who can lead the realm to lasting peace. And there is nothing he\u2019s ever wanted less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Coming 2026 Some friends are more dangerous than any enemy. \u201cIf you spill a drop of my blood you will earn his undying hatred. Flee […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathan-lynch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathan-lynch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathan-lynch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathan-lynch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathan-lynch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/jonathan-lynch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233,"href":"https:\/\/jonathan-lynch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/233"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathan-lynch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathan-lynch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cIf you spill a drop of my blood you will earn his undying hatred. Flee to the eastern mountains and you will be slain; bury yourself in a nameless grassland village and you will be hunted out; sail to the peak of the world, to the great mountain that old tales name, and he will find you. Heed well what you do to me, for you will pay, drop for drop, on the blade of my Second Sword.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n