The Aelfheim Gateway: Book One: The Eulidean Chronicles

It is a time of high-born kings, beautiful queens, restless barons, secretive thieves, dedicated knights, and delicate treaties. The Aelfheim Gateway is a fantasy epic adventure about three young blacksmiths-Farling, Grum, and Arastead-who suddenly find themselves burdened with a jeweled belt that everyone, from the feared Thieves Guild Master to the mythical Master of the Hunt, desires.

Finding the belt's owner turns out to be more difficult than they imagine as they battle undead, fight thieves, avoid corrupt officials, and discover that old magic-and a few old Northern gods-still exist.

But when people turn up dead with a mysterious black handprint on their chest, they soon realize dark forces on the other side of the Aelfheim Gateway want to open the ancient door and destroy everything and everyone in their path.