All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher. All characters in this book are fictitious, and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental. Acknowledgments For my beloved wife, Anicie. I am all things with you by my side. Other Novels by Christian Warren Freed The Northern Crusade Series Hammers in the Wind Tides of Blood and Steel A Whisper After Midnight Empire of Bones The Madness of Gods and Kings Even Gods Must Fall A History of Malweir Series Armies of the Silver Mage The Dragon Hunters Beyond the Edge of Dawn PROLOGUE Cold winter winds kissed the broken mountaintops. This part of northern Malweir was a wicked and cruel place, filled with nightmarish despair, the perfect place for the Hags to roost. The three harpies were sisters, wretched and cunning.
