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The Chosen - Book One of the Schism of Mann
The Chosen - Book One of the Schism of Mann Author:Gary R Howard Samuel has been banished by his father, Duke William, to a small village on the northern outskirts of the duchy of Whitewall. The young nobleman has become estranged from his lover the noble Jessica who seems to have become attached to his brother. Being sent to the village as the new sheriff to collect taxes with the aid of his slovenly so... more »ldiers, he is feared and loathed by the peasants. Now the avenging Bauman barbarians have regrouped and begun invading from the north to conquer the weakened Whitewall and the other duchies of the Empire of Mann. As the battle rages around him, Samuel finds himself in the company of an altar boy, a peasant and three refugees from the invasion, a barbarian, a Farfadet and an Abre Nain. They become embroiled in a battle not only against the invaders and sorcerers who possess the soldiers but also against a decadent and incompetent nobility and a corrupt church. Can they defeat the sorcerers in the capital Mannhaven and help to save starving peasants, end the siege of Whitehall, avoid civil war and restore the empire to peace? Can Samuel regain his status within his family in the duchy of Whitehall and among the knights of the Sacred Order of the Griffin? Join his heroic quest to find out for yourself ? and may Mann's speed be with you against all odds!« less