[The Trials of Daphne Holdfast & Retreat of the Kell 01] • The Magelands Origins

The Trials of Daphne Holdfast

Her First Command.

Will it be her last…?

Daphne Holdfast is responsible for two hundred souls deep within enemy territory.

It should have been easy – invade and occupy Sanang, strip the forests bare, then withdraw until the following year, ready to do it all over again.

But this year something has changed. The orders to retreat have not arrived and the great forest lies dark and silent around them. Somewhere within the shadows of the trees the enemy is waiting – and thirsting for revenge.

Daphne has a decision to make – order her company to pull back and risk being condemned as a traitor, or stay to the bitter end?

Retreat of the Kell

A bitter struggle to the end…

The Rahain invasion was unexpected, sweeping through northern Kell in less than a season.

Holding the line at a narrow pass, Killop and his twin sister, Fire Mage Keira, stand shoulder-to-shoulder, ready to do anything to defend their homeland from the overwhelming legions of Rahain soldiers advancing towards them.

With the price of failure enslavement or death, only complete victory will save their people.