Rules of Ascension: book One of Winds of the Forelands
“She had been young the first time she rode into battle with Rouel and, mercifully, the fighting had ended quickly with the men of Mertesse being driven back across the Tarbin. It hadn’t truly been a war so much as a skirmish, and an inconsequential one at that. So perhaps she shouldn’t have been surprised to find that her expectations were so wrong in so many ways. But as she watched this battle unfold, she felt as though the lessons of a lifetime were being discredited one by one. War, she had... been led to believe, was a disciplined endeavor. Men followed orders. Battle plans unfolded as intended. Large armies defeated smaller ones, and unexpected betrayal led inexorably to defeat. She never imagined that the fortunes of war could change so swiftly or so often, or that the ebb and flow of battle would be as fickle as storm winds in the Scabbard Inlet.
When the last portcullis in Kentigern’s west gate finally fell, and Rouel’s men rushed through, their weapons held high and a war cry on their lips, she was certain that the castle would be theirs before long.MoreLess
When the last portcullis in Kentigern’s west gate finally fell, and Rouel’s men rushed through, their weapons held high and a war cry on their lips, she was certain that the castle would be theirs before long.MoreLess
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