The Circle’s End, The Magic Circle 5

Foes will unite; allies will clash. The earth will heave in chaos.

War ravages the empire, a gory conflict against the creatures of the Wrathlands. While the monsters are united, the humans, elves, and dwarfs on the other side of the barricades aren’t. Far from it.

Having retrieved a magical battleax, Baard faces a task that is too big for him, and he must make a dreadful sacrifice to unite warriors and mages—dead and alive—for the Ultimate Battle. And yet, he won’t be sure of victory.

The dead mages will disappear if killed again, and there’s no spell to bring them back. Despite their Might, the living mages bleed and die like ordinary people.

And bleed and die they will.