Chronicles of Randall

When 15-year-old Rhynt, a disabled but fierce girl with magic skills, decides to run away from a powerful, demanding monk, the last thing she expects is to be taken under the wing of a legendary warrior. There's just one problem. The warrior, Calax Halfhand, is being pursued by assassins. Worse, he's now on a mission to find the man behind the assassins.What neither realizes as they begin their flight and their quest is that forces are already at work to bring them both to a mysterious gathering that will change their lives forever-or end them on the spot. To survive, they must fight through an unforgiving world of assassins, ancient myth, and forgotten gods to a mythical land where their fates await.As they face danger after danger, Rhynt begins to realize she has more than enough power to deal with whatever comes, including the secrets foretold in The Cave of the Six Arrows.

Having survived a fight-to-the-death ceremony that elevated her to Queen of Enturia, 15-year-old Rhynt must now face the Mystrosians, a formidable force intent on conquering Enturia and enslaving her and her people.As hundreds of Mystrosian ships approach the Enturian harbor, she turns to Baron Bookins, the former fool to the king, for help. He says he has a plan to defeat the Mystrosians, a gambit that will assure victory. Maybe.There's just one problem.Whelan the Wanderer, Randall himself, God of Gods has other ideas. He wants the Mystrosians to win and sets his own gambits in motion. But it's more than just fool against god-it's fool against gods. Bookins must parry the assaults of several gods, each with different skills, to have any hope of victory.Despite surprises and setbacks at every turn, his own doubts, and the doubts of the people closest to him, Bookins sticks to his gambit. But will it work? The answer is delivered by award-winning writer Len Boswell, in a breathtaking clash of armies and gods, with an ending sure to shock and surprise.

"Breathless drama. Clever, inspiring, and exhilarating!" -Michael Hartnett, The Blue RatQueen Rhynt has won the Battle of the Plain of Sorrows, but now she must deal with deceit and betrayal by her former allies, the elves, led by the mysterious and powerful Queen Daneyh, who aims to rule the known world. As Rhynt responds to this new threat, she must also deal with the gods who want to stop her and the riddle of the mysterious runes on the walls of Randall's Cave and the Cave of the Six Arrows. Do they foretell her death or something else? Only her rune meister, Orthor, can solve the riddle, but as he struggles time and again to make sense of the runes, he wonders whether he is up to the task, as do the gods who seek to block him at every turn. What do the runes really say? The key may lie far away, in Mercadia, a mythical land of mists-and monsters.Boswell's award-winning series draws us in once more to a tale of heroes and gods and magic. It is a tale not to be missed, but savored.