Forbidden List
3 primary works • 4 total works Complete
Book 1
Everyone knows a family who lost a son to the war. It has to end. But on both sides of the conflict, there are those who value revenge more highly than peace.
Zhou of Wubei is assigned to negotiate the peace. At last, the recognition he's craved will be his. There are obstacles in the way and the offer of an end to thirty years of war may not be as genuine as it first seemed.
Huang, a soldier of Yaart, is trained to be a Jiin-Wei; a spy, warrior, magician. His orders are clear; ensure the diplomats of Wubei sign the treaty and, by doing so, seal their own destruction. War presents the chance for honour and glory, but the reality is nothing like the stories he's been told.
Book 2
The battle is over, a duke is dead, a traitor slain, and a city destroyed.
One has no home, no family, just memories. He must learn to change or be destroyed.
The other has failed, but a second chance beckons. The risks are great, the reward greater.
On the horizon, the red flame of war grows brighter.
Book 3
The war has finally begun.
With the enemy at the Wall, the Empire is in grave danger. But it is just one part of the ongoing conflict. In the Realm of the Spirit, the war has been fought for hundreds, if not thousands of years.
Old allies have been lost, new friends are around the corner. The Wu, the spirit sorcerers, are wounded and the Taiji almost extinct.
More is at stake than any realise. Even those on the Forbidden List do not know the whole truth.
In the south of the Empire, Outlaws plague a small village. Gang, master of the hammer, and Liu, master of the axe, are sent to their aid, but word of a Dragon in the mountains might mean it is more than even they can handle.
Outlaw Mountain is a short story set in the world of The Forbidden List - The Stone Road, The Blue Mountain, The Red Plains.