Mountains & Monsters (The Rise of the Scythe)

Orphaned In A Dangerous Fantasy World, A Young Man Comes of Age in Devastating War.
Tag's dreams of a life beyond the farm become a nightmare. When a troop of enemy soldiers arrives and demands his family's land be offered in tribute his father refuses. To his horror, his parents are slaughtered before his very eyes and he becomes the next target.

Taking up his father's mowing scythe, Tag retaliates and flees for his life. But when a ragtag band of resistance fighters takes him in, they soon encounter stealthy and ravenous monsters stalking their camp in a snowy mountain pass.

With relentless enemies behind and mysterious monsters ahead, will Tag and the Resistance emerge victorious or will they perish?

Mountains & Monsters is the action-packed first book of a Fantasy Adventure Series. If you liked The Wheel of Time, you'll love the harrowing journey of Mountains & Monsters Join the perilous quest.

Sam Whittaker lives with his family in Oregon.
He has written more than 20 books. He writes in the Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror genres. His series include - Ghostly Elements, I Kill Cursed Creatures, Brotherhood of the Scythe, Rise of the Scythe, Chronicles of Dar'ryn, and Battle Cruiser Elite.