It’s in the darkest hour, when all hope is lost, that heroes are born.



After witnessing the deaths of everyone he holds dear, Brann is wrenched from his family home and thrust into a life of slavery. Now he must do everything he can to survive.


Miles away, word is spreading of a growing evil; a deposed and forgotten Emperor is seeking a weapon to use in his bid to rise once again to power. Ruthless and determined, nothing and no one can stand in his way. Especially not a galley slave like Brann.


But heroes can be forged in the most unlikely of ways, and Brann’s journey has only just begun.