Sword and Shadow (The Wolves of Elantra #2)

Description

For fans of epic fantasy, both familiar and fresh, this book continues the saga and expands the world of Elantra, following the quests of Severn Handred, an executioner with the Imperial Wolves.

In exchange for information about his past, Severn Handred is tasked with joining a Barrani lord on a mission to the West March--a Barrani enclave well outside the boundaries of the Empire, and therefore outside of Imperial law. Severn cannot go as an Imperial Wolf, because it would be too dangerous for him. But the instincts that lead him to the Wolves and the sense of duty that keeps him there can't be discarded as easily as the tabard he wears.

In the heart of the West March, with the tangled web of secrets that have been kept for centuries, Severn's belief that execution is justified is going to be tested. There are murders to solve, people to protect, and truths to uncover--the latter of which Barrani will die and kill to protect.

It's one mortal man and his single Barrani friend in the West March against a community of Immortal Barrani who have spent centuries hiding truths that must not be revealed. But they're up against the Wolves, now.