Blade of Empire Audiobook (Free)

Mercedes Lackey and Wayne Mallory’s first cooperation, The Obsidian Trilogy, introduced readers to a brilliant, continent-spanning fantasy world of high adventure and epic fight. Civilization shimmered with magic, while in the nooks and crannies of the world, dragons and unicorns hid from people who believed these to be only legends.

The Dragon Prophecy, set thousands of years before that story, illuminates a period when long-lived Elves ruled the Fortunate Lands. It is a time of about Cutting tool of Empire dire prophecy, of fight and bloodshed, of great magics unlike any the Elvenkind have observed before. It is the tale of the end of one world and the start of the next.

Runacarendalur Caerthalien has been a get better at of battle for hundreds of years, but he found out himself on the incorrect side-the losing side-in the last war. Betrayed by his brother, trapped in a prophecy he does not understand, Runacar flees the battlefield.

However Runacar is no coward. Within a twist he could never have dreamed, the Elven War Prince finds himself leading a fresh army into battle-a power of centaurs, merfolk, gryphons, minotaurs, and speaking bears who can perform magic. For years and years they have already been looking to reclaim their lands from Elven invaders. With Runacar at the helm, they just might manage it.