"Eyes to the horizon," were the last words the king had spoken to his wife before the abrogator channeled dark power and murdered them both. Their deaths activated an enchantment that concealed the identity of their two sons and allowed the king's brother, Kaellor, to escape with the heirs to the Southlands. For twelve years, Kaellor raises the boys in relative anonymity. Without explanation, the barrier concealing their identity frays. The abrogators renew their hunt, and the three begin a journey fraught with otherworldly dangers. Far to the north, Karragin ascends to leadership among the elite paramilitary group known as the Outriders. Political intrigue threatens her family at every step. She survives one assassination attempt but discovers that something even more sinister threatens the kingdom. Between them all, Laryn struggles to find her path in the Valley of the Cloudwalkers. Fate binds her to the others, but first, she must survive trials at the summit of the Korjinth Mountains. How will they react to the trappings of destiny? What hope do two teenagers and a middle-aged map-maker have against those aligned with the forces of the underworld? When you strip everything from a man not once but twice, what are the limits to his vengeance?

Lance grew up in central Iowa, the product of public education and good parents. He attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa where he obtained a Bachelor of Special Studies with anthropology and biology majors. Then he attended medical school at the University of Iowa. He has lived in central Iowa with his wife of more than thirty years where they raised three daughters. There he continues to practice emergency medicine and the whimsical art of escapism with all things Scifi and fantasy for as much as his wife can tolerate... that is significant... He is, after all, a very lucky man.