The Dead Within
Left for dead in a pauper's grave, Kael Ardyn awakens to find himself irrevocably changed. He was a boy, forced into military service to save his family from ruin, but....
Left for dead in a pauper's grave, Kael Ardyn awakens to find himself irrevocably changed. He was a boy, forced into military service to save his family from ruin, but now something ancient and powerful stirs within him. The Academy that condemned him, and the privileged elite who scorned him, will soon discover that the weak, bruised youth they buried has returned with the echoes of a legendary warrior's vengeance. As the lines between his past and a forgotten battle blur, Kael must navigate a world that believes him dead, harboring a dangerous secret that could shatter the kingdom. But how long can a fragile boy contain the fury of a warrior who remembers another murder?