Tales of Ann — Book I
When the kingdoms of Zalbus fracture, mercenary banners march under secret vows and colder skies. Pressed between courts that smile like knives and roads patrolled by the Fallen Ten: a company of legends whose debts run deeper than their scars. A murdered envoy, a vanished heir, and a treaty inked in winter blood set three realms on a collision course. Geraldor must survive a lattice of loyalties where every truth wears a borrowed face. In the north, a helmed commander with no name tightens his grip on the border forts. In the south, desert riders gather beneath a forgotten standard. And at the heart of it all, the oath that binds Zalbus may yet unmake it. Politics with teeth, battlefield thunder, and whispers in candlelit halls— **Knights of Zalbus** is book one of *Tales of Ann*, a grounded epic for readers who love Game of Thrones’ intrigue, Skyrim’s wanderlust, Tolkien’s long shadow, and the iron romance of Arthurian myth.