Rising Thunder

Elias is an elf unlike any other. He towers over his own people and outsizes even the tallest, strongest humans. Cast out by his kin while still young, he was sent to live among the Northmen, where he learned their customs and way of life without ever being fully accepted by them. The book contains mature content.

When King Brynjar, the friend Elias had known longest, dies of old age, Elias finds his standing among the restless warriors of the Northlands growing precarious, and he resolves to carve out a place of his own. Far to the south, his homeland of Lonwick is on the brink of war with the Felle, a demonic host made up of orcs, ogres, trolls and men. Should he remain in the north and stay out of the fighting, or travel south to stand with the forces defending Lonwick? A shadowy dark knight is also hunting him, and Elias wonders whether anyone will ever look past his strange appearance to see who he really is.

The story moves from the warm, wooded slopes of coastal mountain ranges to the tropical shores of distant islands. Battles, magic, affection and grief all shape Elias's path. The characters and settings are drawn so vividly that the world feels both believable and enchanted.

This is the first book in the Warrior's Trilogy by Brandon Cornwell.