Book 2 of 3
Mystery Slop for Meals, Creepy-Chick Cryptkeeper, and a Daring Duel with a Dashing King! Taren's life takes turns that forces him to adapt in strange ways. "Why are my own guards shooting crossbows at me?"
Leaving home and a life he did not desire, Taren sets out to join the Provincial Army and fight in a civil war brought on by the Shadowmasters.
Finally entering the army, Taren is unprepared for the shock of change. Struggling to expand his grasp of shadow while training to be a soldier, he catches the attention of shadow users in the army. Having to hide Forven's book and the sword doesn't make things easier. Further, some of the shadow users appear quite hostile and threatening to him. Cryptkeeper and Soulcleaver have their eye on a very nervous Taren.
Krolassen Taren Morr must navigate treacherous threats to become a soldier. Once at the front, he must face the realization that the war is bigger than his naïve imagination. In the end, he is swept up in a daring move that will hand him a death sentence.
SWORD will be followed by the book SHADOW. SWORD ends in something close to a cliffhanger.