Dar woke on his stomach, and began wondering was this a dream? Last night he was a wizard's apprentice, safe in a tower located in some far off land, and yet this morning he was... He opened his eyes and took in his surroundings. He wasn't sure where he was, but he was sure that his Sergeant, the brutish half-ogre Ocktur was coming down the line, kicking recruits awake. Dar was sure everyone could hear his heart pounding in his chest as rose to his feet and away from Ocktur's wraith. Looking again at the others in his unit, he saw some of his own emotions writ large upon the face of the...

When a flash of an ax in a quiet inn thrusts Dar, apprentice Journeyman, into the midst of an assassination attempt, he becomes the guardian of Drij, a mysterious stranger on a dangerous pilgrimage. Together, he and Drij will journey across Holimoren to a city sought by all who wish to make amends with the Gods-a city known in every language as Redemption. With them will journey people with deeper sorrows, darker secrets, and more horrific memories than all the wars have burned into the man who would dare to guard them. For good or for ill, all who are called to Redemption are changed by the...