Tower of the Damned: 3

Some ruins are abandoned. Others are waiting.Mardonius and Akantha have survived Swansbane, the Architect's Tomb, and the mercenaries sent to hunt them. But the scroll they recovered has raised more questions than it answered.A new commission takes them west, beyond the settled lands and into country marked by the remains of the fallen Chillissari Empire. Accompanied by a resentful scholar, they must find a tower older than the kingdom of Rande itself.The journey leads through hostile wilderness, abandoned settlements and places where the past has not stayed buried. Ancient horrors still move beneath the ruins of the old empire, and not every danger can be met with shield and spear.As they draw closer to the tower, Mardonius and Akantha must decide whom to trust, and which secrets should be carried home.Tower of the Damned is Book Three of The Battle for Swansbane, a grounded military fantasy series of dangerous roads, buried histories and hard-won trust.