The Scarlet Cloaks: Molten Host: 1

The kingdom burns while its king hides behind the walls.The Molten Host has come to Caldris. Driven by devotion to a merciless god, its dwarven armies leave nothing behind but slaughter, ash and blackened earth. Yet King Aeylwulf refuses to meet them in battle, sealing the gates of Oakenwall while his people are abandoned to their fate.Wulfgar and the Scarlet Cloaks will not stand idle.Defying the king they swore to serve, the battle-worn knights ride beyond the safety of the capital to defend the villages in the path of the invasion. Joined by formidable sorcerers and unlikely halfling allies, they wage a desperate war against an enemy that seems impossible to stop.Every victory costs blood. Every road leads deeper into the fire. Soon, the Scarlet Cloaks discover that the Molten Host has come for more than land-and the destruction of Caldris may be only the beginning.To save the kingdom, Wulfgar must decide where his loyalty truly lies: with the king behind the walls, or with the people dying beyond them.The Molten Host is the first book in The Scarlet Cloaks, a gritty fantasy trilogy of war, sacrifice and defiance against overwhelming darkness.