Kings and queens, lords and ladies, saints, titans, tyrants: by their otherworldly blood the Wardens preserve their home of Nexus from an endless tide of demons.
Lorne Auscheron is an heir to that legacy. For nineteen years he has prepared to play his part in the survival of his people; and now, finally, that time has come. Rassala awaits, where an army of human paladins crusades against a brotherhood of beasts over faith, the dance of old and new magic, blood-soaked land, dwindling water, and scars of history so deep even the Wardens would respect them. Lorne's mission there is to dispatch the greatest lord among the beasts... But soon he runs headlong into the ultimate rule of his people: the charms and troubles of other worlds should never become a Warden's, only the kill matters. And the moment a Warden forgets that- the moment he is weak- that he falls in love, or laughs with friends, or shows mercy, or stays his hand- is when the demons of Nexus will flood forth and doom everybody. The Warden and the Rule is the first book of the Auscheron epic fantasy series. All four books in the series are complete and will be released before the end of 2026.