The gates of dawn - Robert Newcomb

For three centuries Eutracia was a kingdom at peace - until a horror from the past returned to wreak devastating revenge.

Yet while it seems the war against the blood thirsty Sorceresses of the Coven has been won, the victory was not without a fearful price. The royal palace lies in ruins, the land - ravaged by fear, scarred by war - is lawless, and Prince Tristan - forced by the Coven to turn his hand against his own flesh and blood and kill his beloved father - is now a fugitive, a wanted man.
And still far darker events are unfolding within this sad, beleaguered land. An army of apprentice wizards, dispatched to hunt down and rid the kingdom of the monsters created by the Sorceresses, have fallen prey to to an insidious bread of creature. And when the shocking truth is revealed, Tristan will be thrust into the ultimate battle - for his life, his land, and his destiny...