The Prince of Sarpyfik

A stolen relic. A broken seal. A prince who must become a hero.

Azrael is the son of the king of Sarpyfik - young, gifted with lightning magic, and trained in swordplay by the old master Azaren. His life at court changes overnight when word arrives that orcs have raided the city of Aarian and carried off an ancient relic: one of three crystals that hold an age-old demon bound behind a sealed gate.

Together with Aaron, the High Knight of his father's guard, Azrael sets out to protect the two remaining stones. What begins as a diplomatic errand becomes a race across a burning kingdom. In the ruins of Aarian he finds Princess Elenvin, a healer who has lost her family's relic and refuses to stay behind. In Krabach he meets the orc warlord Zarfak - a fire-mage strong enough to leave him half-dead in the rubble.

Only an old scroll offers a way out, in a verse nobody has understood for generations:

"Form a corner three around the fiend, it bans the curse and drives the dread to end."

To stand against Zarfak, the companions must descend into a forgotten crypt and recover the sword of the Demon Warden - guarded by a spirit and by the dead who rise at his call. And when the gate at the Aarenvenn finally opens and the demon Arshak steps into the ash-filled sky, Azrael learns what victory truly costs.

A fast-paced fantasy adventure of swords and magic, of friendship, loss and first love - and of the question whether an old alliance between humans and monsters can ever be restored.