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Learn moreA powerful wizard working behind the scenes. The true power behind the throne.
A bastard son trying to get a birthright to challenge the status quo.
A dungeon that can provide the status he needs to challenge the next heir . . . and the wizard.
Armed guards who don't plan on the bastard making it back.
Enter Skharr DeathEater into this story. A Barbarian in the wrong bar at the right time to stop an assassination attempt.
The young prince hires Skharr to protect him, and Skharr figures he has nothing better to do.
Nothing better than to stop hired assassins, a dangerous dungeon run he wasn't planning on joining, and perhaps meeting the ultimate creature feared by anyone with any sense. A Dragon.
Michael Anderle is the internationally bestselling author of more than forty urban fantasy and science fiction novels, including the Kutherian Gambit, Opus X, Federal Histories, and Exceptional S. Beaufont series. He is also coauthor of many more under his company, LMBPN Publishing, which has sold over 3 million books.
Eric Michael Summerer is a voice actor and producer who has narrated numerous audiobooks as well as countless instructional recordings and video games. He earned an Audie Award nomination for Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke and won an AudioFile Earphones Award for Burning Chrome by William Gibson. Eric also cohosts the popular board-game podcast The Dice Tower.