Sanan Kolva – författare

Privateer turned engineer.

Alistar left his family’s fleets to serve as an engineer for Silverline Power in the capital city of Lewarden, working with the magical network that feeds the city’s industry and growth. As both a human and an outsider, he successfully avoids being drawn into the tangled chaos of elven-dominated court politics. However, when theft and sabotage in the depths of winter threaten to destroy Silverline and the web of magic that powers the city, risking not only his chosen work but also the lives of thousands, Alistar’s neutrality earns him the politically delicate investigation into the source of the problem. His only ally is the elven thief Onyxflame, imprisoned for his own crimes against Silverline and conscripted with the promise of a pardon. They must form an uneasy partnership and navigate treacherous political waters to resolve the situation before unrest, rivalry, and distrust plunges the city into civil war.

To fight a mad god.

Monsters stalk the paths and clouds hide the sky every night. Now Lyan, astrologer of Heartshrine Village, must leave his familiar forest and home to seek an ancient, powerful weapon: Equinox, Spear of the Stars.

In the right hands, Equinox and its brother Solstice are powerful weapons against the forces of the Mad God, Murdo. In the wrong hands, they could free Murdo from centuries of imprisonment and release him upon the world once more.

Lyan must solve an ancient riddle and find the hidden Shrine of Equinox to protect the Spear from the Mad God with help from the traditional enemies of his people. A cunning monster stalks them, and assassins lurk in shadows. As Murdo''s forces draw close and suspicion festers within their group, Lyan and his companions must forge an uneasy truce and rely on each other.

And even if they find Equinox, someone must conquer its trials to claim it, or they may never leave.

To break a curse

When Lyan, astrologer of Heartshrine village, accepted the mantle of Spearbearer of Equinox, he took on the responsibility to fight against the Mad God Murdo and his followers, wherever they might be. The first place his new duty takes him, however, offers little welcome to any elf, Spearbearer or not. Sixty years have passed since Lyan''s homeland waged war on the nation of Tather, but her people have neither forgotten nor forgiven.

Accompanied by his friend Kithr, the Tathren lord Cailean, and Cailean''s small retinue, Lyan makes his way through Cailean''s lands, usurped by a disciple of Murdo. Before they can reach the keep, though, they fall into the hands of a band of elven warriors still fighting that long-concluded war. Their release is contingent on rescuing a band of warriors captured in a raid, a band that Lyan learns was led by his own cousin.

Torn between his duties to the Spear, his promises to Cailean, and his people, Lyan must decide where his loyalties lie: with his companions or his kin, even knowing that turning his back on either could not only destroy them, but also allow his enemy an opening to once again threaten the world.

A champion arises.

Treachery lies in the heart of Eilidh Wood. Visions of doom haunt the night.

Murdo, the Mad God, has raised a mortal champion. The champion gathers an army to assault and conquer the Shrine of Equinox, empowered by the blessings granted by the incarnation of madness.

In opposition stand the bearers of Solstice and Equinox, Spears of the Stars: the human nobleman Cailean and the elven astrologer Lyan. With them, a handful of humans and elves defy Murdo. But even if these allies can set aside their lingering suspicions of each other, a dozen cannot easily defeat an army, even with both Spears of the Stars on their side.

Neither Eilidh Wood nor Tather will offer the aid the Spearbearers need. They are left with only one force on which to call.

The Lost.