Exciting, rarely-seen views of combat prove that victories aren't won by swords alone ... but also by all who provide support: spies, cooks, stablemasters, healers, grooms, and even priests!

Thirty years before, Aveleck succeeded from the Kingdom of Brioenth after bloody civil war, and now Brioenth seeks revenge. Vastly outnumbered, Aveleck can't prevail, but where swords are blunted, other weapons must be sharpened ... and succeed ... for a nation to triumph.

Galloway never asked for glory. He was forced to replace his aging father, the former Senechal of Castle Britlen, who fell victim to alzhimers at a time of war. Galloway was happy to run the castle, to command the other servants, and organize vital shipments, but when the king's Seneschal dies enroute to the war, Galloway faces an impossible task.

Charged to provide food and supplies for an entire army at the last minute, Galloway stumbles through pitfalls and political challenges from every side. Dragged to a distant mountain pass, Galloway faces the traumas of medieval warfare, a horror he'd never imagined. Dreaming of Diana, whom he left running the castle, Galloway must discover new strengths within himself ... or he could singlehandedly lose the war!