The Legacy of Shatara — Nick Marsden

According to the Canticles of the Aramzin, five gods took human form and defeated the creature known as the Necromancer. The Aramzin were never heard from again. A thousand years later, Covan Korish, a warrior of savage renown, fights a personal war of vengeance against foreign invaders in the town of Shatara. But just when Shatara is overwhelmed by the enemy, Covan is sent away on a mission that will bring him face to face with the Necromancer's successor. Drawn into a conflict he wants nothing to do with, Covan discovers the truth about the Aramzin and his connection to their powerful, elemental magic. To save his people from the Necromancer's return, he will have to choose between his vengeance and everything he loves. For Covan and his enemy share a blood-soaked fate, the devotion of a fractured woman, and a terrible legacy... The Legacy of Shatara!