The Spring Catastrophe (Divine Tyranny)

Once there were four realms, and a season for each, perpetual and unchanging. The fall veteran Commander Lord Versos lives in pain and regret at the Traveling Court of his realm. For as long as the bards of his homeland can remember, his warrior culture had been locked in combat with the spring empire of Vesna until a sudden armistice forced this once-mighty warrior into uneasy retirement. But when a mysterious messenger brings word that an impossible, vast monster is ravaging his old foes, Lord Versos rides out to investigate—and embarks on the last great adventure of his military career.

Learning of generations-old conspiracy and a world order that is both magical and cruelly inhuman, Lord Versos now finds himself traveling the four realms to recruit allies to his cause, however unlikely. He sails with the pirates from the frozen Hinterfrost, faces fighting monks from the tropical Sumnaya Isles, and brings a voice of change into every society: all in the attempt to unite these diverse cultures against insurmountable odds. Yet in order to face the catastrophe, he may have to lose more than just his own life.

First part of a four-volume adventure named Divine Tyranny, The Spring Catastrophe is followed by Summer Uprising, Autumn Allegiance, and Winter Succession. Watch for the volumes as they are published throughout this year, each in the appropriate season of the year.