His Beast

The Dark Lords are rising. One by one, they make their way onto the path that will lead the world into war, led by the ambition of the First Lord - Hell’s own chosen child. But before they can take Einlienn for themselves, they must fall. They will learn well the lessons of betrayal, cruelty, obession, and hate...
Descent Into Darkness is a series of six dark fantasy novellas detailing the fall and subsequent journey of the Dark Adepts of Einlienn. Theirs is a course that will determine the fate of a world...and perhaps everything beyond.

Two years have passed since the blood mage Ba'tvian Delthanurk had killed his former mentor and taken his student, the elven lady Nerisse se li Astorae, for his own. With the Mancers still on the hunt for them, the lovers travel into the northern wilderness during the dead of winter. There Ba'tvian continues to formulate plans for the future, while Nerisse struggles to overcome an ability that has now a hindrance. Yet as they seek solutions to their problems, another issue arises: a barbarian fleeing his people in the arctic Ice Fields will cross their path. He will bring with him his own set of dark skills â€" something that may be of interest to an ambitious blood mage...