Series: Book 1 in the Darkwater Legacy series
Rating: Not rated
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Summary
A land under occupation. A legendary sword. A young man's
journey to find his destiny. Aren has lived by the rules all
his life. He's never questioned it; that's just the way things
are. But then his father is executed for treason, and he and
his best friend Cade are thrown into a prison mine, doomed to
work until they drop. Unless they can somehow break free . . .
But what lies beyond the prison walls is more terrifying still.
Rescued by a man who hates him yet is oath-bound to protect
him, pursued by inhuman forces, Aren slowly accepts that
everything he knew about his world was a lie. The rules are not
there to protect him, or his people, but to enslave them. A
revolution is brewing, and Aren is being drawn into it, whether
he likes it or not. The key to the revolution is the Ember
Blade. The sword of kings, the Excalibur of his people. Only
with the Ember Blade in hand can their people be inspired to
rise up . . . but it's locked in an impenetrable vault in the
most heavily guarded fortress in the land. All they have to do
now is steal it . . .