Brigands — Gail Z. Martin

Serving with the Eastmark army at the request of General Alcion, Jonmarc's abilities help him rise through the ranks. But a routine mission to stop a band of brigands reveals a dangerous plot against Eastmark's king, and Jonmarc treads a dangerous path between loyalty and dishonor.

Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. If you've met Jonmarc Vahanian in the Chronicles of the Necromancer and Fallen Kings Cycle books, you don't really know him until you take his journey.