Dance of Battle

A RELUCTANT VILLAIN FOLLOWS A PROPHET TO WAR In the aftermath of a great battle, a young prophet is tested by barbarians, sorcerers, ghosts and demons. One warrior strives to protect her, only to realize he can’t shield her from herself. With powers he will never understand, she drags him to war. After a dark army retreats, others arrive to claim a fallen kingdom. At the center of all the struggling and infighting is Marah of Narbor, a child with the power to level cities. Tyrus of Kelnor wants to protect her, but she drags him into one battle after another. History repeats itself as another of his wards becomes obsessed with the forbidden knowledge of the underworld. Not knowing if he can protect her from the demons of the Nine Hells, Tyrus vows to die trying. DANCE OF BATTLE is the fourth book in a dark fantasy series from author Burke Fitzpatrick. Filled with demonic sorcery, brutal battles, and monstrous beasts of war, the Shedim Rebellion reinvents errant knights and dark sorcerers but also asks serious questions about the seduction of evil and the struggle for redemption.