The Cor Chronicles Series by Martin Parece, Martin V. Parece II

The Shining West, free from the yoke of the Loszian Empire, has long stood as a beacon of freedom, guarding its people from the evils of the Loszians. Aquis is the largest of the Western Kingdoms, ruled by its benificent Queen Erella, High Priestess to Garod, leader of the gods of light.The son of a farmer in the bountiful kingdom Aquis, Cor Pelson had always been different... moreThe Shining West, free from the yoke of the Loszian Empire, has long stood as a beacon of freedom, guarding its people from the evils of the Loszians. Aquis is the largest of the Western Kingdoms, ruled by its benificent Queen Erella, High Priestess to Garod, leader of the gods of light.The son of a farmer in the bountiful kingdom Aquis, Cor Pelson had always been different. Shortly after he was born came the horrific coughing attacks, and his skin changed color to a gray reminiscent of the grave. He is a Dahken, a race the Loszian necromancers fear, reviled by the Western priests, and thought extinct by both.As a child, strangers entered his life, even if only briefly, and drove home that there are those that would bend him to their wills. Frightened and determined to protect those he loves, Cor steals away from home. He finds that the world is not the good, safe place that his parents taught him of, but in fact is a cruel, brutal place where blood flows readily and the ability to protect himself is paramount.He finds, even on the open sea, that those who would control the power within his blood follow him, intent on inflicting harm upon those around him. He must learn to tap the power within his blood to find his own path, take revenge and build a new world for his kind. less

Dahken Cor Pelson has found and freed a score of his people from a Loszian necromancer, but now what can he do? With the help of a beauitful and dangerous sorceress, he must find a way to escape the Loszian Empire. Even then will the Westerners and Queen Erella of Aquis accept the Dahken within their lands? And what of the children he has liberated? Dahken they may be, but children none the less. So continues the tale...

A wave of evil forms on the eastern side of the Spine, and in the wake of murdering Queen Erella, Lord Dahken Cor must fend off the coming darkness.

Cor finds himself, and his new King, beset on both sides by enemies. An unstoppable force of evil gathers strength to the east, and an ambitious thrill seeker threatens invasion from the West. Cor must fend them both off and deal with the truth about himself, Rumedia and the gods.This is the fourth book in the Cor Chronicles. The previous titles are:Blood and Steel (Volume I)Fire and Steel (Volume II)Darkness and Steel (Volume III)Show more Show less