Author: aaronbunce

It rests deep in the ground, they say, an ancient burial treasure of unimaginable wealth. Riches to humble even the most prosperous men, locked away from time itself. But the Council’s edict was clear – keep the tombs of the ancient dalan closed. Keep the past sealed. But where there is wealth, there is greed, and nothing stays buried forever.Thorben Paulson is an ordinary man, trying to raise … ordinary man, trying to raise his family the honest way. Unfortunately, the Council’s tax collectors demand more and more each thaw, taking in both coin and food. For a branded man…

Twenty winter thaws have passed since the mad king, Djaron Algast, was overthrown. In the seasons since, the Council of Lords has governed with an unrelenting and inflexible will. Dennah is a young woman torn from home.Conscripted into the earl’s service, she quickly learns that some folk have different views on a woman’s place in the world, but she isn’t interested in living as a man’s … world, but she isn’t interested in living as a man’s possession, but by the strength of her own arm. Their caravan stops in Bardstown, where she meets Roman, a likeable but troubled young…