Savage Messiah - Robert Newcomb

Robert Newcomb's dazzling debut trilogy, The Chronicles of Blood and Stone, introduced
readers to the strange and wondrous land of Eutracia. Now, in Savage Messiah, the first volume in a sweeping new
trilogy of magic, romance, and adventure, Newcomb returns to the world of his epic
saga, unlocking fresh secrets and startling surprises.

With the demise of his evil
half brother, Wulfgar, Prince Tristan restored peace to Eutracia . . . or so he thought.
But the Orb of the Vigors was damaged in the climactic battle, and now the powerful
artifact is bleeding magical energy and cutting a swath of death and destruction
across the kingdom. Tristan can heal the wounded Orb, but not until his enchanted
blood is returned to normal. Only then will the powers of the Vigors be his to command.
Unfortunately, the secret of reversing the enchantment is lost.

Even worse, Wulfgar
is neither dead nor defeated. Ensconced in his fortress across the Sea of Whispers,
Tristan's hideously scarred half brother plots with the Heretics, the otherworldly
masters of the Vagaries. With their aid, Wulfgar has grown even stronger in the dark
arts. Now, with powerful demonic servants and weapons of dire potency, Wulfgar sets
forth to complete the destruction of the Orb . . . and to avenge himself on the Chosen
Ones. Preceding him, he sends a brotherly greeting: a cunning assassin with orders
to dispatch Eutracia's ruling council.

Tristan and his trusted allies-the wise wizards
Wigg and Faegan, the beautiful pirate Tyranny, and, dearest of all, his beloved Celeste-embark
on a desperate quest to cleanse his blood. It is a journey that will lead from the
Sea of Whispers to distant Parthalon to the mysterious Well of Forestallments, and
it will change everything the Chosen Ones think they know about themselves and their
destiny. If they should fail, the Orb will perish, and with it, the Vigors.

As for
success, it may prove more costly still. . . .