Senda hugged him again, squeezing him tight. “Be… Be safe. Know that I care about you. Know that I want you to return.”
Endric swallowed. “I'll be safe. The Antrilii won't allow any harm to come to me. And besides, I think it's time to learn just how skilled their swordsmen are. When I return, we’ll find out what we can about your parents. I promise.”
Senda gave him one more hug before climbing back into her saddle and rejoining the procession. Endric watched her go, saying nothing. After a while, he climbed into his saddle, nodding to Brohmin.
“She's a good woman, isn't she?” Brohmin asked.
Endric nodded again. “She is.”
“The kind you would hate to leave.”
Endric nodded. “I do.”
“Why not have her come with us? She could learn from the Antrilii as well. I'm sure Nahrsin would welcome her.”
Endric glanced over his shoulder and watched the departing Denraen. “The Denraen need her. With Listain gone, she's needed to serve her role, much like I need to serve mine.”
Brohmin grunted. “Now you sound like your father.”
Endric chuckled. “Perhaps that's a good thing.”
Book 3 of The Teralin Sword: Soldier Sworn
Destined to lead the Denraen, Endric knows he must first understand himself and his connection to teralin. They are answers he can only find learning about his ancestors, the mysterious Antrilii warriors. Finding them requires he travel north through lands the Denraen cannot safely patrol, and even accompanied by Brohmin, he might barely survive.
Reaching the Antrilii is only part of the challenge, as not all are pleased he came to their lands. There he discovers a family secret that will require Endric to make a dangerous choice, but it might be the only way he can prove himself—not only to the Antrilii, but to himself—and save more than his family, but people he had never imagined he would call his own.
Read more in the same world as The Teralin Sword with book 1 of The Lost Prophecy: The Threat of Madness
The arrival of the mysterious Magi, along with their near invincible guardians, signals a change. For Jakob, apprentice historian and son of a priest longing for adventure, it begins an opportunity.
When his home is attacked, Jakob ventures out with the his master, traveling alongside the Magi, beginning a journey that will take him far from home and everything he has ever known. As he travels, he gains surprising skill with the sword but begins to develop strange abilities, along with a growing fear that the madness which has claimed so many has come for him.
With a strange darkness rising in the north, and powers long thought lost beginning to return, the key to survival is discovering the answer to a lost prophecy. Only a few remain with the ability to find it, and they begin to suspect that Jakob has a pivotal role to play.
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Also by D.K. Holmberg
The Teralin Sword
Soldier Son
Soldier Sword
Soldier Sworn
The Lost Prophecy
The Threat of Madness
The Warrior Mage
Tower of the Gods
Twist of the Fibers
The Cloud Warrior Saga
Chased by Fire
Bound by Fire
Changed by Fire
Fortress of Fire
Forged in Fire
Serpent of Fire
Servant of Fire
Born of Fire
Light of Fire
Cycle of Fire
The Endless War
Journey of Fire and Night
Darkness Rising
Endless Night
Summoner’s Bond
Seal of Light
The Shadow Accords
Shadow Blessed
Shadow Cursed
Shadow Born
Shadow Lost
Shadow Cross
Shadow Found
The Dark Ability
The Dark Ability
The Heartstone Blade
The Tower of Venass
Blood of the Watcher
The Shadowsteel Forge
The Guild Secret
Rise of the Elder
The Sighted Assassin
The Binders Game
The Forgotten
Assassin’s End
The Lost Garden
Keeper of the Forest
The Desolate Bond
Keeper of Light
The Painter Mage
Shifted Agony
Arcane Mark
Painter For Hire
Stolen Compass
Stone Dragon