In Palistotle, paladins no longer guard virtue. They keep order, and order demands blood. Hesitant recruits are broken. Truth is buried, power worshipped, and the ancient shrines forgotten.
Aelmar Synford never wanted to be a hero, only to serve. But when he refuses a command, the order he sword to casts him into the sea.
But the sea does not claim him. It returns him with a new purpose.
Now Aelmar must bear a title he never sought, lead men who deserve better, and choose between mercy and the survival of all he hoped to protect.
**Shadows of Prophecy is the first book in THE AVATAR CHRONICLES, an epic fantasy of fallen orders, broken faith, and what it costs to do what is right.**
