Minalan gave up a career as a warmage to live the quiet life of a spellmonger in a remote mountain valley far from the petty squabbles of the Five Duchies. Then one night he is forced to defend his adopted home from the vanguard of an army of goblins – gurvani, they call themselves – on a genocidal crusade against all mankind. Worse yet, their shamans are armed with more magical power than has been seen since the days of the Imperial Magocracy – and their leader, a vengeful force of hate and dark magic, is coming. Add a jealous rival mage, a motley band of mercenaries, a self-deluded lord who thinks victory is at hand, and a catty ex-girlfriend who specializes in sex magic, all trapped in a stinking, besieged castle with no hope of rescue, and you’ll understand why Minalan is willing to take his chances with the goblins. All that stands between the goblin horde and the people of the Five Duchies is one tired, overwhelmed baker’s son who wants nothing... More > more than to be a simple SPELLMONGER.< Less
