Matt Karlov: 3 books

I am Barais neb-Ohel, combat sorcerer under Captain Shansherai. We are summoned to fight and die in service to the All-God and to all Kefira, home of our fathers. It will, I am told, be glorious. Widower, diarist, and mediocre sorcerer, Barais neb-Ohel makes an unlikely soldier.  When...

"A multi-faceted read with characters who have that all too rare depth and ambiguity. Well done!" — Janny Wurts, author of The Wars of Light and Shadow and co-author of the Empire series (with Raymond E. Feist) In a land of merchant companies, printing presses, gunpowder and sorcery, Arandras...

Arandras Kanthesi, now master of a golem army, is determined to resist the allure of his newfound power. But war is coming, and Arandras must lead his charges into the very maelstrom he sought to avoid. The god Azador has set its sights on Spyridon, a city whose leadership is riven by discord....