Bibliotropic

ALT Cover of the book Legacy of the Vermillion Blade. A seated male figure is silhouetted by a twilight horizon under central apple tree with vermillion leaves. On either side 2 more apple trees form a perimeter, one with the blossoms of Spring and the other bare in Winter's cold. Beneath the figure the roots of the 3 trees intertwine and frame the author's name and series title. An imposing red glaive (a polearm) leans against the central tree in the foreground.

ALT Talon Cour-Vermane is not only the sole inheritor of his House’s lands, titles, and political power, but also of the pact his family has forged with darkness through countless generations. From birth, Talon’s father tethered his son’s life to the family’s bloodline and his own ambitions of power, but everything changes when a new blacksmith and his young apprentice, Richen, join the staff at the Cour-Vermane estate. With their fateful meeting, Talon’s life changes course forever, derailing the meticulously laid out existence planned for him. From his family’s estates and the countryside of Eleryon to the extents of the Xallian Empire and the dwarven kingdom of Lymehold, Talon discovers the different aspects of love, true family, and himself as he battles his cursed blood and the shackles to darkness his father bound him with.