The Hollow March (The Haunted Shadows Book 1)

It is a time of upheaval in the Idasian Empire. As religious fervor stirs dissent among the people, and the winter winds loom, thousands gather behind their aging emperor on a march to war.In the midst of this, young Rurik Matair blunders home with childish notions of revenge, and an unlikely band of sellswords at his back. The third son of a backwater nobleman, Rurik was destined for a life in service to the crown. But when he reached beyond his station, he was banished from his father’s house with nothing to his name. Tired and hunted, he returns after two years abroad. Yet all is not as it appears. As Idasia’s brutal war threatens to stagnate, old rivalries rekindle. Other players shift through dark games behind the scenes, and old magicks rise against a tottering throne, stirred on by a woman with nothing left…

About the Author

Chris Galford lives in the foothills of Colorado's golden share of the Rocky Mountains. A transplant from western Michigan, he is a graduate of Michigan State University, as well as a trained journalist and photographer. Writing, in all its forms, has been his passion from a young age. In his spare time, he can usually be found wandering the mountains with a camera in one hand and a pen in the other. The Hollow March is his first major work, based on a series of short stories he wrote in the summer of 2008, titled "The Company of the Eagles." Another short story set in the same world, "The Child's Cry," has been published in the Oct.-Dec. 2011 edition of Lorelei Signal magazine.

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