Battlemage -- Stephen Aryan

<b>"I can command storms, summon fire and unmake stone," Balfruss growled. "It's dangerous to meddle with things you don't understand."</b> <p/><i>Balfruss</i> is a battlemage, sworn to fight and die for a country that fears and despises his kind. <p/> Vargus is a common soldier -- while mages shoot lightning from the walls of the city, he's down in the front lines getting blood on his blade. <p/>Talandra is a princess and spymaster, but the war may force her to risk everything and make the greatest sacrifice of all. <p/>Magic and mayhem collide in this explosive epic fantasy from a major new talent.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Stephen Aryan<br><b>Publisher:</b> Orbit<br><b>Published:</b> 09/22/2015<br><b>Pages:</b> 512<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.20lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.50h x 5.80w x 1.30d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780316298278<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 07/13/2015<br><i>Kirkus Reviews</i> 08/01/2015<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Stephen Aryan</b> was born in 1977 and was raised by the sea in northeast England. A keen podcaster, lapsed gamer and budding archer, when not extolling the virtues of Babylon 5, he can be found drinking real ale and reading comics. <p/>He lives in a village in Yorkshire with his partner and two cats.</p>