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Konowa Swift Dragon, former commander of the Empire's elite Iron Elves, is looked upon as anything but ordinary. He has murdered a Viceroy, been court-martialed, seen his beloved regiment disbanded, and been banished in disgrace to the one place he despises the most--the forest. Now all Konowa wants is to be left alone with his misery. But for him, nothing is ever that simple. The mysterious and alluring Visyna Tekoy, the highborn daughter of an elfkynan governor, seeks him out in the dangerous wild with a royal decree that he resume his commission as an officer in Her Majesty's Imperial Army, effective immediately. For in the east, a falling Red Star heralds the return of a magic long vanished from the earth. Rebellion grows within the Empire as a frantic race to reach the Star unfolds. It is a chance for Konowa to redeem himself--even if the entire affair appears doomed to be a suicide mission. And the soldiers recruited for the task are not at all what he expects. Worse, his key adversary in the perilous race for the Star is the dreaded Shadow Monarch--a legendary elf-witch whose machinations for absolute domination spread deeper than Konowa could ever imagine.
About the author
Chris Evans was born in Toronto, Canada, and now lives in New York City. He has earned degrees in English, history, and political science, and a master's degree in history with distinction specializing in military history. Before moving to the United States he was a military historian and conducted battlefield tours of Europe in addition to being the military historical consultant on a television documentary on the First World War. Chris is currently the editor of history and current affairs/conflicts books at Stackpole Books where he launched the Stackpole Military History Series that now has over 120 titles in print. The Iron Elves is Chris' first series and is being translated into French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Czech.
