Kirjahaku

Divided by the hand of fate, Ertz Mintz and Barcello LaVita find themselves on separate paths. Pledged to rescue Baron Bal Pouron's hostage son, Ertz returns to the north. His pilgrimage takes him through blowing snows and biting cold to Crestone City, home to the Legion, a mercenary brotherhood. With their support, if it can be had, he will make for the ghost city of Djarde. As his plans fall apart, Ertz finds himself alone facing death and destruction. To avoid being lost forever, he must find a way to nurture the dying embers of his own humanity. Barcello meanwhile, arrives in the Sunndr city-state of Altimacasa, where the reception is icy-cold. His hope is to coax the Sunndr from their isolation and to enlist them in the battle against the Wiccans. Creigshtane has not been standing idly by however and like his brother Ertz, Barcello must fight like he never has before if he is to survive. Little goes to plan for the pair, and even they cannot avoid tragedy forever. All is not doom and gloom though - romance blossoms and its entanglements make life all the sweeter and death the more poignant.

For centuries Halder Creigshtane has crafted his revenge. With the Wiccan Kingdom bent to his evil, the fell-mage stands poised to unleash the hounds of vengeance upon all of Creation His darkest purposes a closely held secret; Lord Creigshtane has secured the allegiance of the land's most powerful nobles, men who have forsaken duty in their devotion to themselves. Possessed of arcane knowledge that allows him to summon hordes of mindless warriors from the demonic netherworld, Creigshtane seems unstoppable The heroic cause of standing against the necromancer has been taken up by the motliest band the lands have ever known. Led by a disgraced duke, the final defense of Creation falls to a collection of religious outcasts, man-eating trolls and sell-swords. Hard and bloody battles will be fought before the end, as the armies of good and evil clash. A golden general and a long-lost empress will add color to the battlefield but even their glorious presence may not be enough. A journey to the hellish world of his demonic father will test Barcello LaVita and if he survives unbroken, he might well be prepared for the final confrontation that is certainly to come If not, then he will be just as lost as his brother, the sometime pirate, Ertz Mintz.

Dominated by the all-consuming rage of one man, impelled by his insatiable lust for revenge, the Wiccan Kingdom is poised to seize control of all the lands in Creation. The coven witches were once the benefactors of society. Now, in the service of their lord, the supreme warlock, they have turned their backs on that past. Beguiled by a web of forgery, slander, and distortion, even they don't know their leader's inner most thoughts, his grim plans for all of humanity. The Legend of the Shivered Soul is a sweeping tale of good versus evil, where control over the hearts and minds of the warriors, monsters, and enchanters who cross swords and trade spells is as hotly contested as the lands they fight across. Immortal Hand, the first book in the Shivered Soul series, introduces the bold and villainous Ertz Mintz, sometime pirate, and the stout-hearted squire, Barcello LaVita. Pitted together in the fight to save the world, the unlikely pair must first survive each other.

The adventures of Ertz Mintz and Barcello LaVita continue in Immortal Blood, the second book in The Legend of the Shivered Soul series. After surviving a brazen attack in the court of Baron Bal Pouron, the unlikely pair has fled the northern principalities. Hounded through troll-infested swamps by their nemesis, the Wiccans, they seek the closed City of Djarde, home to the reclusive Sunndr-Kyn. Along the way, Ertz and Barcello cross paths with the sorceress Emma Hezarae, one of the most powerful witches. The shocking secrets that Grand Mistress Hezarae reveals about the pair will shake the adventurers to their cores.