I received this book from Tim Marquitz for a balanced review. I told him it could be close to a year before I got to review it. That was a year ago, almost to the day.
At least I’m timely.
This dark fantasy story, Witch Bane, takes place in the troubled realm of Mynistiria. Beginning in a scramble, Red Guard soldiers disembark from an airborne transport, a hover ship that is being powered by harnessed griffons. Watching nearby from behind trees, young Sebastian and mature Darius witness Red Guard stormtroopers mercilessly attack a caravan of refugees. Women or children, this onslaught persists.
Darius warns Sebastian to keep his head, but Sebastian the warlock rushes from cover to heroically save the surviving members of the caravan. Little did Sebastian foresee this charitable act would conscript him officially into the civil war. It didn’t matter; destiny said he was…
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