The Bulls of War (Chronicles of the Andervold Thrones Book 1)

Description

In the ancient land of Andervold, the Rokhish Empire maintains a fragile truce with hated Valogar. The tenuous state of affairs has split the Imperial Capital into hostile power-brokering factions: the Sudos fight to keep the peace, while the Nortics seek renewed battle at any cost. From the highest minister to the lowest merchant, everyone has to pick a side eventually.

Kyrus and his lifelong friend Tyghus learn this lesson the hard way. Although veterans of battlefields a thousand miles south, the men are no match for the Capital’s ruthless statesmen, and they unwittingly find themselves on opposite sides of the factional divide. Tensions rise, loyalties fray, and hearts are broken, all as words of peace are increasingly drowned out by the drumbeats of war. As the men grasp at the remnants of their fleeting friendship, the Empire lurches toward a conflict that could tear it apart.

The Bulls of War is a sweeping tale of love and war, honor and betrayal, life and death, set in an empire whose glory days seem long past.