Bloodseek

Raised by the Margrave of Francovia after his sellsword father is killed in His Majesty’s service, Riven kan Ingan is an opportunist and a nonbeliever, accepting neither the kingdom’s magic nor its religion. In retaliation, the gods who plot their revenge. On his scheme for acceptance by marrying the Margrave’s daughter the gods see an opportunity to punish the young skeptic.

When Aleza is kidnapped by the sorcerer Mahldimir Djaan-Baih, Riven follows them to the demon-ridden desert of Izhmir. With the aid of a barbarian slave girl and a reluctant rebel, he’ll rescue the Princess, discover his true love, and lose her to another man. From then on, his days and nights are haunted by the memory of the one woman he can‘t have. There’s nothing he can do to forget her and no way he can claim her because the gods aren’t finished with him yet.