At thirteen, Godric gives the crown a list of names, believing it will save his village. The soldiers use it to seize the last of its grain. Then the floodgates open. His father is executed for a crime he tried to prevent. His sister is taken to settle a debt the family can never repay. ...

Reigar steps out for a meal, already planning how to defeat the monster waiting inside his game. He expects to be back in his room soon. Instead, the city street vanishes beneath his feet, replaced by an unfamiliar forest. When creatures begin hunting him, the battles he fought behind a comput...

After the fall of his village, Valar and his sister are dragged into slavery. Protecting her becomes his only purpose in a world where one man can purchase the life of another. Across a land divided among twelve rival kingdoms, battle opens before him a path to salvation. From a captive forced...