Cold Legions

Ringil Eskiath is running from his past and a family that has disowned him, from slavers who thirst for his death, and seemingly from the very dark gods who show interest in him, though the meaning of their actions is as obscure as ever. Declared an outlaw and exiled from his northern homeland, Ringil understands that he can only head to one place — Ichiltet, the heart of the southern Empire, where he may find refuge with Archet, once a battle companion of Ringil, now a high-ranking advisor to the emperor. But she has her own troubles, as does her guest, bodyguard Egar Dragonbane. Instead of obtaining the desired respite, Ringil finds himself at the center of new conspiracies and dubious alliances. Old enemies are plotting, the former order has decayed and is crumbling, and although no one knows it yet, the city of Ichiltet is about to explode, for a messenger of the former masters of this land has already fallen from the sky and brought news that a cataclysm approaches for all living things in the world.