A slave boy named Darik falls in with a pair of spies as the great city of Balsalom comes under siege by the armies of a dark wizard. They flee west to enlist the aid of griffin riders, an order of wizards, and a band of ascetic knights to come to the city's defense.

Meanwhile, a young queen named Kallia leads a heroic struggle to keep both her city and body free from the dark wizard's cruel embrace. After a treacherous attack opens Balsalom to the armies of the enemy, Kallia assembles an unlikely alliance of palace servants, barbarians, and jealous merchants to retake her city before its people are led away in chains.

The Story continues in Book #2: The Free Kingdoms

From the Back Cover

Praise for Michael Wallace's Other Books:

The Righteous
"Deeply engrossing! Michael Wallace delivers the thinking man's thriller while establishing one of the freshest male leads in crime fiction--Jacob Christianson, an aspiring doctor and cult elder's favored son. Jacob's analytic nature has him questioning everything, including the nature of God and the sexist politics of polygamy. It also makes him a perfect fit to track down a killer whose grisly crimes threaten Jacob's community, family, and soon, his very life." --Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author of Live to Tell

"Wallace authoritatively and unsparingly tears open the veil shrouding a Utah polygamist community and its secret oaths of blood atonement, temple sacrifice, and angels with drawn swords. Inside we find a riveting thriller that recaptures everything lost from the original American religion."
--Jeffrey Anderson, National bestselling, International Thriller Award nominated author of SLEEPER CELL.

About the Author

Michael Wallace is the top 20 Kindle bestselling author of The Righteous, a series of polygamist thrillers recently picked up by Thomas & Mercer for wider distribution. He other books include the thrillers The Devil's Deep and State of Siege, and the fantasy novel, The Kingdom of the Bears.