by Tom Stacey

Here’s the set-up:

A gripping tale of heroism and the darkness within

On the fringes of the Verian Empire, two small boys stumble upon a strange altar, buried in the heart of a mountain. There they awaken a horror unseen for generations, that will descend upon the realm of men while it is at its weakest. For Veria is a nation at war with itself, only recently recovered from a bloody rebellion, and the time of heroes has passed. The empire is in a state of chaos, and while its ruler, the Empron Illis, rids the land of his remaining enemies, unseen forces are gathering at the borders. Yet all eyes are turned inwards. The Empron is not a well man, and there are whispers among the common folk that his advisors are spies; demons that only wear the flesh of men.

Elsewhere, a young man, scarred by what he saw in the mountain, leaves the watchful gaze of his father, setting out to find his place in the world.

On the field where the rebellion died, a soldier awakes with no memory of himself. He will find that his life has been stolen from him, and that he is an enemy of his own people, scorned and hunted.

In the distant mountains, a forester who has buried his past learns that he has not been forgotten, and that his crimes have sought him out at last. But he is no simple woodsman. He is Beccorban the Helhammer, Scourge, Burner and the Death of Nations, and his fury is a terrible thing.

For when all the heroes are gone, Veria will turn to those it has forgotten, before all is lost.

Exile is the first part of the Bloodforge series, a historical fantasy epic in the vein of David Gemmell’s Drenai saga.

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