Cold iron
By: Stina Leicht
Edition: First Saga Press hardcover edition.
Series: Malorum Gates -- book one
Publisher: Saga Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 657
ISBN-13: 9781481442558; 9781481427777
Subjects: Fiction; Twins; Imaginary wars and battles; Magic; Good and evil
Description: Prince Nels is the scholarly runt of the ancient Kainen royal family of Eledore, disregarded as flawed by the king and many others. Only Suvi, his fraternal twin sister, supports him. When Nels is ambushed by an Acrasian scouting party, he does the forbidden for a member of the ruling family: He picks up a fallen sword and defends himself. Disowned and dismissed to the military, Nels establishes himself as a leader as Eledore begins to shatter under the attack of the Acrasians, who the Kainen had previously dismissed as barbarians. But Nels knows differently, and with the aid of Suvi, who has allied with pirates, he mounts a military offensive with sword, canon, and what little magic is left in the world.