Blackwing

The Republic stands on the brink of destruction, despite the vigilance of Galharrow's Blackwings. When a raven tattoo detaches from his arm to deliver a desperate message, Galharrow and a mysterious noblewoman must investigate the legacy of a long-dead wizard. But within the citadel, a conspiracy brews: traitors, man-eaters, and the spirits of the wasteland seek to annihilate them. If they cannot solve the paradox of the ancient wizard, the Deep Kings will once again walk the earth, and all will be lost. The war with the Eastern Empire ended in a stalemate about eighty years ago, thanks to Nall's machine, a weapon created by a wizard that was so powerful that even the Deep Kings feared it. The strike of the machine created the Misery - a wasteland filled with spirits and corrupted magic, which now forms a no man's land along the border. As Galharrow investigates a border fortress, he uncovers a complacency that borders on treason.