Blood and Steel (The Cor Chronicles Volume I)

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  Palius knew what every Westerner knew and many things beyond common knowledge. He had no idea what the Dahken referred to as the “true history” and neither did he care. The older Dahken who abducted him clearly had corrupted the young man, who now styled himself Dahken Cor. The Dahken proved himself to be blasphemous, disrespectful, arrogant and remorseless; he was everything history had taught Palius the Dahken were.

  He had advised the queen to allow Cor his request; evil the man may in fact be, but Palius was not certain he was a liar. Cor’s desire to meet, and perhaps slay, his parents murderer seemed genuine. If the Dahken truly was in league with the Loszians, as Queen Erella seemed to suspect, he would already have a route into the empire. With all likelihood, the Loszians would kill Dahken Cor on sight, and that would resolve the matter completely.

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