Time of war - Katharine Kerr

A Time Of War is book three in The Westlands series - a brilliant quartet set in the magical lands of Deverry.

A dragon found, an army raised and an eyeless bard with a tale of blood and magic.

The life of Jahdo the ratcatcher's son changes forever when he stumbles upon a clandestine meeting between an ambitious councilman and a dangerous, mysterious woman.

When a bard arrives, demanding help under an old treaty, he unknowingly drags Jahdo into a web of intrigue and black magic.

The boy's destiny takes him far from his beloved home in the peaceful land of the Rhiddaer, on a journey to the faraway land of Deverry, where his path crosses with that of the half-mad berserker Rhodry and the mighty sorcerer Jill.

For a ruthless deity is rising, and the truths of the ties between elves and men will soon be revealed in the fallout of a battle waged between gods and mortals, between past and future.

Days of blood and fire lie ahead for them all.

A Time Of War is book three in The Westlands series - a brilliant quartet set in the magical lands of Deverry.

History and destiny collide in The Westlands series, where Kerr weaves myth and history to create a sparkling fantasy classic: a tale of adventure and timeless love, perilous battle and pure magic.