Hero of Oria - Hardcover

While a group of mercenaries led by Bert, a swordsman plagued with nightmares, travels north to complete their contract, a dark force unknown to the kingdom of Maroth emerges from the shadows to wreak destruction and terror on the countryside. As travelers disappear for some sinister purpose, they must follow the trail beyond the comforts of their mortal soul. All while he struggles with the nightmares of a long-finished battle from his youth.
In the higher courts of nobility, the discovery of a missing heir and child of their murdered queen years past has been discovered, as the nobles are split between instating the true heir others seek to kill the new rival for power and supplant the heir with one of their own. Meanwhile the threat of invasion looms upon their northern border, as the Ork Chieftain, Marguk, gathers his brethren for war.