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Name: The Covenant Rising
Author: Stan Nicholls

The land of Bhealfa is governed by magic, and the tyrannical rulers wield the greatest sorcery. Reeth Caldason, one of the few surviving warriors of a massacred race, is a swordsman plagued by spells that stir uncontrollable rage. Determined to avenge his people and rid himself of this cruel affliction, Reeth sets out for the city of Bhealfa. Rumors reach him from a sorcerer’s apprentice about a secretive Covenant that could grant the escape he seeks. Allies with the apprentice, Reeth ventures into the city’s shadowy core, where he uncovers a treacherous conspiracy fraught with necromancy, tyranny and death.

First publish date: 2005

Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy

Authors: Stan Nicholls

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