Darkblade

All in Voramis know the legend of the Hunter. Relentless. Immortal. Death walking. The greatest assassin who ever lived. Pay the master killer his due and the Hunter will execute any target, carry out any contract, no matter how impossible. But when the Bloody Hand crime syndicate harms the innocents under his protection, they foolishly make an enemy of the one man they can't afford to anger. The price of the Hunter's vengeance is high-paid in blood and eternal damnation. Not even an army of crooks, cutthroats, and demonic creatures of nightmare can stand in his way. He's far more than just one man... he's the Keeper-damned Hunter of Voramis.

The Hunter's legend conceals cold, dark truths. Half-demon bastard. A butcher with the blade, assassin, monster. For millennia he has stalked the world, conquering all in his path and wading through rivers of his enemies' blood. But he remembers none of it. Now, an oath made in bitterness and regret thrusts him into a new role to which he is entirely unsuited: guardian of a young boy touched by gods and hunted by demons. The Hunter sets off into desolate wastelands and deserts to seek out answers with blade and brutal skills honed by centuries of violence. At his side rides the boy, an ever-growing inconvenience and testament to his past failures. But as the legions of his enemies close in around him, the child he protects may not only hold the key to his past, but become his very hope for salvation.

The Hunter has set his sights on new prey. Abiarazi. Master manipulators, bloodthirsty, and cruel. Demons of nightmare. His hunt for the monstrosities prowling among mankind takes him to the top of the highest mountain peak on Einan... ... where he stumbles across an ancient city and people forgotten by time. Amidst the ruins and relics of a long-dead race, his vendetta against the demons will drag him ever-deeper into a millennia-old war for conquest and an enslaved nation's desperate fight for freedom. His skills as assassin will be put to the ultimate test: battling an enemy even he may not be strong enough to kill. Yet should he fail, the cost will be high, for the first victim to die in the ensuing bloodshed will be the god-touched boy he has sworn to protect, a child with the power to either shatter or save the world.

The Hunter is running out of time. And so is all of humanity . . . The demonic Sage finally has the missing piece in his wicked plan-and with it, the power to free mad god Kharna from his prison. To make matters worse, Hailen's mysterious and dangerous abilities are dragging him ever deeper into madness. The only way to pull the boy back from the brink of insanity is to unlock the dark, deadly secrets of a city long ago lost to time. It's a terrifying race against time and monstrous foes to save Hailen and stop the Sage from unleashing the mad god of death and destruction. When evil wields power unstoppable, it takes a killer to save the world.

The Hunter of Voramis stalks demonkind relentlessly. Wherever they hide, whatever guise they wear, none will escape Soulhunger's ravenous blade. The discovery of a child slaughtered in a bloody ritual sets the Hunter on a path to root out the killers-and a collision course with the criminals that rule the underworld. Yet in his conflict with the Night Guild and their cunning Master Gold, he is drawn into a web of deceit, cruelty, and bloodshed that spans far beyond just one city. His endeavor to forestall the destruction of his world at the hands of the Great Devourer will come to naught unless he can find those truly responsible and bring them to justice. When shadows and steel clash, the streets flow red with blood.

The Hunter's foes are myriad . . . . . . but all will come to know the true meaning of fear when the legendary assassin comes for them. Charged to uncover the secrets of an ancient tower, the Hunter's journey takes him into the lands known to the outside world as "Ghandia", a realm harsh yet beautiful, filled with mysteries lost to time and marvels yet to be discovered. There, he is drawn into bloody conflict between the people who call the vast plains their home and the cruel Vassalage Consortium, masters of the flesh trade. But more than human enemies lurk in the shadows. In the heart of these wild lands, he will face magic both dark and arcane, battle monstrous beings of immense power, and unearth secrets buried for millennia. And in the darkness, an ancient power stirs, hungry to be awakened.

The Hunter has worn countless faces, played countless roles. Conqueror. Savior. Assassin. Protector. He is all of them and more . . . But one performance for which he is truly ill-suited is that of father. Particularly to a daughter who seeks to use him only to her own ends, willing to manipulate, deceive, and murder to gain access to the arcane power hidden around Einan by the ancient Serenii. The Hunter is left no choice in the matter, for hunting Jaia is a foe far more deadly and implacable than any he has faced: the Secret Keepers. The tongueless alchemists and warrior-priests will stop at nothing until they have their prize. Even if that means leaving a trail of blood and bodies in their wake. Will the Hunter's legendary skill suffice to outrun his daughter's pursuers, or will even his inhuman abilities falter in the face of such overwhelming odds? The stakes have never been higher-not only for the Hunter, but for everyone he loves.

The Hunter's enemies will soon learn a bloody truth: No foe is more dangerous than a cornered assassin. Trapped in a city under siege, where even high walls, strong gates, and brave hearts will inevitably fail against overwhelming odds. With both his daughter Jaia and his gathered "family" of Kiara, Evren, and Hailen to fight for, he will stop at nothing to shatter the forces bent on the destruction of Shalandra. But in the City of the Dead, every shadow conceals hidden daggers and murderous intent. The greatest threat to the Hunter may be the very people he's battling to protect.

The Hunter rides for vengeance . . . and embarks on a voyage of bloodshed and death. His pursuit of the escaped Groebus Dayblood and his assassin accomplices leads to the shores of Einan and beyond, across the Frozen Sea. But danger follows wherever the Hunter goes. Sailing with him are parties unknown plotting bloody murder. Their deadly blades are aimed at him, and trapped aboard a ship in the middle of the ocean, there is nowhere to run or hide. Pirates, cutthroats, and dark arcane magic capable of mind-shattering horrors, the Hunter must fight them all to protect the one person who matters most: his daughter.