The Second Sword - Softcover

Lynch, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798995610106

Publisher: Mariner Press, 2026

Synopsis

For Generations, the forest kingdom of Riocht has teetered on the knife’s edge of ruin. Old rivalries smolder hot beneath the surface and only King Kennis’ lifetime of vigilance has kept the countless sparks of civil war from bursting into flame. Now, after years of blood, sacrifice, and tenuous alliances, unity is finally within reach.

Until disaster strikes from where he least expects it.

Prince Tiarnard-his only heir and Riocht’s best hope for peace-has fled the kingdom, chasing freedom in the distant Land of Fiaine. To those of Riocht, it is a place of dread, named in whispers as the Land of Shadow and Death. But to Tiarnard, it promises escape: from the grief of a shattered childhood, and from the crown that he has come to despise. Yet as he is drawn ever deeper into a world that he does not understand, he may find that the path he walks is not his own.

For there is a darkness looming deeper than the threat of civil war, and a malice at work far beyond what Riocht has ever imagined. As the final shadow begins to fall upon the kingdom and its prince, it becomes clear that there is only one who can lead the realm to lasting peace. And there is nothing he’s ever wanted less.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mariner Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798995610106
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376