Every man has a limit …

A father recounts the events that led to brutal combat in the Second Dragon War, a chain of happenings that began with with his entry into the Tournament of Swords as a teen, as a member of a team led by his uncle Haelin.

Through fires of hardship—time as a sword student, a bandit, a prisoner, a soldier, and a leader of men in combat—Therin learns the most important lessons were those his uncle sacrificed so much to teach him.

Book 1 of The Bond of War series.