The Sign Upon His Head

The clatter of hoofbeats sounded in the night. Through the shadows, a panicked breath could be heard, and then the wail of a baby...
A sword hovers above the silver-hooded rider's fallen body, and death's hands reach out in triumph. But Providence has other plans. Saved from death by the mysterious rider, two twins are recovered, and their story is anything but ordinary.
The king unwraps the first and smiles. A beautiful, strong, baby boy with hair like the heir of the sun.
He eagerly turns to the second child, gently pushing back the swaddling cloth, but suddenly the seasoned warrior gasps in horror. The babe is like unto his twin, but with one deadly attribute. His head is adorned with a dark mass of black hair. He is a spawn of darkness--one of the accursed...