Oathbreaker

Scarred by a supernatural war, a disgraced paladin must redeem himself through bloodshed in the first installment of this thrilling fantasy series. Alken was once a Knight of the Alder Table. But when the ravages of war tore apart the world he once knew, he was stripped of his title and cast into shame. Now, as an uneasy peace reigns, he moves through the shadows of a realm haunted by demons and the restless dead-an outcast in his own homeland. Seeking atonement, Alken accepts the burden of a cursed axe and becomes the chosen executioner of the immortal Choir. Known throughout the realm as the "Headsman of Seydis," he's soon tasked with a much darker quest: rid the land of treacherous foes and nightmarish monsters. As he faces off against these horrors, his lonely struggles bring him to a haunted backcountry where evils old and new gather at the castle of a mad lord. To defeat this growing cabal of adversaries, Alken will need more than just brawn and the lingering remnants of a magic that burns him as readily as his opponents. Forging unlikely alliances, he finds himself surrounded by danger and conspiratorial plots at every turn. And with each traitor he vanquishes, he's met with choices that blur the line between the knight he once was and the warrior he's become. The first volume of the hit dark fantasy adventure-with more than a million views on Royal Road-now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook! Tropes include: reluctant hero, redemption quest, and good versus evil.

To save a girl from certain damnation, a knight-turned-assassin follows his own code of honor, in the second installment of this gripping fantasy adventure. After years of heeding the call of the all-powerful, immortal Choir, Alken Hewer has been led to believe that he's fighting on the side of angels. But after a long campaign of killing, he's beginning to doubt his devotion to these celestial beings as well as their true intentions. And when his most recent assignment results in a target being placed on his back, he's confronted by one of the Choir's greatest enemies: the fallen angel of the Briar, Nath. Unbeknownst to Alken, his services have been lent out to Nath, who needs him to protect a young noblewoman from a vengeful spirit determined to destroy her bloodline once and for all. A clan of impalers and warlords, her family became some of the land's greatest villains, earning themselves a spot amongst Alken's more formidable opponents. Now, as their sole surviving scion, the Lady Emma Carreon has inherited all the curses of her ancestors as well as their adversaries. It's not Alken's job to find Emma guilty or innocent of the sins of her family; he just has to keep her alive. But the code of knighthood he once honored is still in his blood, searing and impossible to ignore. As the gates of Hell open and demand to claim the last of the Carreons, Alken is left standing in the crossroads between gods and devils. Forced to decide where his loyalties lie in their holy arena, he must tread carefully, as his choice could mean the eternal damnation of both his and Emma's souls . . . The second volume of the hit dark fantasy adventure-with more than a million views on Royal Road-now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook! Tropes include: reluctant hero, redemptive quest, unlikely alliance, mysterious past, royal politics, and good versus evil.