The second in The Faithful & the Fallen series Valour by John Gwynne carries all of the excitement of the first The Banished Lands are torn by war as the army of High King Nathair sweeps the realm challenging all who oppose his holy crusade Allied with the manipulative Queen Rhin of Cambren there are few who can stand against him But Rhin is playing her own games & has her eyes on a far greater prize Left for dead
- her kin have fled & her country is overrun with enemies
- Cywen fights to survive But any chance of escape is futile once Nathair & his disquieting advisor Calidus realize who she is They have no intention of letting such a prize slip from their grasp For she may be their one chance at killing the biggest threat to their power Meanwhile the young warrior Corban flees from his conquered homeland with his exiled companions heading for the only place that may offer them sanctuary But to get there they must travel through Cambren avoiding warbands giants & the vicious wolven of the mountains & all the while Corban struggles to become the man that everyone believes him to be
- the Bright Star & saviour of the Banished Lands Embroiled in struggles for power & survival the mortal world is unaware of the greatest threat of all In the Otherworld dark forces scheme to bring a host of the Fallen into the world of flesh to end the war with the Faithful once & for all