Blazing White Stars — Kenneth McDonald

Carzen Zelos and Mara Lendoran weren't looking for a war then they signed on to escort a merchant caravan across the mountains in Albestin. But caught in the middle of an orc invasion, they are drawn into a quest that might be the coastal kingdom's only hope against the dark magic and physical strength of the Tainted. Accompanied by the Feldergrass cousins and a White priestess, Carzen and Mara must travel into the cursed Tel'har Forest where the sinister power behind the rising orc nation awaits.