Zkáza – Gwynne John (2025)

The third book in the cult series The Loyal and the Fallen

The Land of Exiles is engulfed in war and chaos. The cunning Queen Rhin has conquered the entire west, and the High King Nathair has obtained the cauldron, the most powerful of the Seven Treasures. Behind Nathair stands the scheming Calidus and the army of Kadošim, feared demons from the Underworld. Their goal is to bring Asroth and the army of the fallen into the world of the living, but for that, they need to have the Seven Treasures together. Elsewhere, the flame of resistance is igniting — Queen Edana finds allies in the swamps of Ardan. Maquin is on the run in Tenebral, with Lykos and his pirates hot on his heels. In Tenebral, he witnesses the birth of a rebellion in Nathair's own kingdom.

Corban has been swept up in the tide of war. But he no longer wants to just run away. He has seen the face of evil and has decided to fight against it. The question is how. With the company that has gathered around him, he will embark on a journey that will take him to Drassil, the legendary fortress deep in the heart of the Fornsk Forest. For in Drassil lies the Skald's spear, one of the Seven Treasures, and there, according to prophecy, the Bright Star will stand against the Black Sun.