The Lifestone Chronicles. A Woman Wields the Sword — David Stevens

The second book of The Lifestone Chronicles, regales the tale of Christine, a young woman drawn from her safe life into the magic and drama of a battle preparing to be reignited. A battle of good versus evil, of life and death, and of a search for power and control.Christine faces the Dark Lord Nailstead, assisted by the ancient magician Vindec, who has drawn her there, along with a dwarf, a wolf, and unknown to her, the shade of a long dead king.