Broken Oaths — J. Kyle McNeal

Now hunted fugitives, Whym and Kutan flee together to the Fringe. But when the two young men discover that the answers they seek lie in different directions, their paths diverge. Each must decide whether to accept the fate others have devised for them or whether to set their own course.

Also in the Fringe, Quint works to surmount his failure to protect the Dragonborn and come to terms with his place among the Shades. With a sinister foretelling shrouding his future, he must choose between following his convictions and embracing the faith and family he once abandoned.

Meanwhile, in Riverbend, First Lord Artifis Fen maneuvers to avoid plots against him and be crowned king. His only surviving son and heir, Cyrus, complicates those plans with an attack on Bothera, pushing the regions from the brink of conflict into a vicious civil war.

As the many combatants converge, the outcome of the rebellion hinges on which oaths are to be broken. However, with the Faerie waiting across the Blight to reconquer their homeland and Smeit plotting destruction from the Mysts, the battle for the Lost Lands has only just begun.