Loyalty has a price. Betrayal demands a reckoning.
Risens is the King’s Rightmaker, the silent justice of Halthome, whose word is law and whose blade ensures absolute obedience. Operating in a kingdom built on the raw power of Brands, Risens, despite his deadly skill, is an anomaly: a Brandless assassin whose only loyalty is to the Crown.
His orders are simple: None must survive.
A routine execution of a treacherous noble, Duke Karieas, goes horribly wrong when a singular act of mercy compromises his identity to the city guard. Now hunted by his former colleagues, Risens is forced to question his allegiance to a "false king.”
Drawn by an unseen force, Risens is pulled into the forbidden Raven’s Court, a place of forgotten power. There, he receives the first of the Forbidden Brands, granting him access to The Roost and its grueling trials.
To survive the conspiracies and assassins arrayed against him, Risens must master his power through "Struggle, pain, and adaptation.”
Stripped of allegiance and empowered by an ominous, commanding voice, Risens must navigate deadly political conspiracies and master his new destiny. The King wants him dead, but the Raven has other plans.
Don't miss the start of this action-packed Progression Fantasy series by Jaime Castle, bestselling author of Jeff the GM and Black Badge, together with CJ Aaron, bestselling author of Catalyst.
It's perfect for fans of Darkblade Assassin, UnderVerse, and The Grand Game!
COLD AS HELL has been nominated for the 2023 Audie Award in Best Fantasy, as well as being named one of Audible’s Best of 2022!
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COLD AS HELL
In the West, there are worse things to fear than bandits and outlaws.
Demons. Monsters. Witches. James Crowley’s sacred duty as a Black Badge is to hunt them down and send them packing, banish them from the mortal realm for good.
He didn’t choose this life. No. He didn’t choose life at all.
Shot dead in a gunfight many years ago, now he’s stuck in purgatory, serving the whims of the White Throne to avoid falling to Hell. Not quite undead, though not alive either, the best he can hope for is to work off his penance and fade away.
This time, the White Throne has sent him to investigate a strange bank robbery in Lonely Hill. An outlaw with the ability to conjure ice has frozen and shattered open the bank vault and is now on a spree, robbing the region for all it’s worth.
In his quest to track down the ice-wielder and suss out which demon is behind granting a mortal such power, Crowley finds himself face-to-face with hellish beasts, shapeshifters, and, worse … temptation. But the truth behind the attacks is worse than he ever imagined …
The Witcher meets The Dresden Files in this weird Western series by the Audible number one bestselling duo behind Dead Acre.
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