The Sword

The guards who had been hunting me were skilled, but until now, I had been certain that I was the best jackal here. Now I knew that I had met my true rival.There comes a time when you learn that your best is not enough.Forced by his conscience to flee his family and his country, Adrian considers himself to be a young man of honor. Yet when he must break his way past the infamous border mountain patrol, he discovers that he still has much to learn about honor.And there his joy begins.This novella (short novel) of a young man's coming of age is the second story of the Law Links volume in The Three Lands, a fantasy series on friendship, romance, and betrayal in times of war and peace.The Three Lands is part of Chronicles of the Great Peninsula, a cycle of mythic historical fantasy series about a battle between cultures. Chronicles of the Great Peninsula is set at a time when a centuries-old civilization is in danger of being destroyed. The cycle is inspired by conflicts between cultures during the Arthurian Era.