Read By: Michael Page

They say Black Dow has killed more men than winter and clawed his way to
the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever
a jealous neighbor, is not about to stand by smiling while Black Dow claws
his way any higher. The orders have been given, and the armies are toiling
through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten
ring of stones, on a worthless hill, in an unimportant valley, and they've
brought a lot of sharpened metal with them. Bremer dan Gorst, disgraced
master swordsman, has sworn to reclaim his stolen honor on the battlefield.
Obsessed with redemption and addicted to violence, he's far past caring
how much blood gets spilled in the attempt. Even if it's his own.

Prince Calder isn't interested in honor, and still less in getting himself
killed. All he wants is power, and he'll tell any lie, use any trick, and
betray any friend to get it. Just as long as he doesn't have to fight for
it himself. Curnden Craw, the last honest man in the North, has gained
nothing from a life of warfare but swollen knees and frayed nerves.
He hardly even cares who wins anymore; he just wants to do the right thing.
But can he even tell what that is with the world burning down around him?
Over three bloody days of battle, the fate of the North will be decided.
But with both sides riddled by intrigues, follies, feuds, and petty
jealousies, it is unlikely to be the noblest hearts or even the strongest
arms that prevail. Three men. One battle. No Heroes..

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