The Shieldbreaker, Book One: The Last of the Etela

Nineteen-year-old Kareva battles against a seemingly invincible foe—and his own demons—in a last-ditch effort to save his people from extinction.

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The Pohyor are here.

In the aftermath of the collapse of the ancient empires of Rune and Imandris, untold thousands of warriors on horseback have come from the north to forge a new empire in the Disputed Lands. They’ve offered everyone they meet the choice to submit or die. And the Etela’s gods forbid them to surrender to a foreign enemy. One by one, the tribes of the Etela have fought the new power and been destroyed. Now, only the Hodrir remain.

Kareva has been preparing to become the chieftain of the Hodrir since his older brother was executed for rebelling against their father six years ago. He is young, unknown, untested, and—unbeknownst to anyone else—haunted by the bloody, vengeful specter of his brother.

As the enemy approaches, Kareva will have to reckon with his own demons, and with the shadows of his brother’s failed rebellion, in order to give his people and their way of life any hope of survival.