In the Palace of Rygia

Only an act of extreme sacrifice can change one man’s heart and save an entire realm.

Forgiven. After waging war against a nation of righteous believers for seven years, Justus Corden is told that he is forgiven... by a man who dies at his hands. This launches a series of events that force him to reassess everything he's believed in and worked for his entire life.

Discovering a captive enemy maiden in the palace, he's faced with a struggle between his own deeply ingrained loyalties and his long-dormant heart, finally beginning to awaken. Yet when the two of them discover who had forgiven him in that crucial moment, their newfound hopes are shattered.

When Corden's realm is threatened by yet another force, the realm of believers must choose between staying safe behind their mountains or risking everything to help their enemies.
Forgiving others is hard.
Forgiving yourself is harder.

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On the Isle of Caledron

An ancient evil threatens to destroy the people of faith...
...and the princess is to be their first victim.


Just as Princess Mariya of Teman is trying to convince her advisers to let her marry a former enemy, Justus Corden, she disappears and is taken to a dark and mysterious island run by her people's ancient enemy. Her sacrifice at their hands will clinch their power to conquer her entire realm.

Not knowing where she is, her people blame Corden for her disappearance, but only he has any chance to rescue her.

Confronted with death, the characters must learn what it means to offer themselves and let the guilty one go free.


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On the Road to Teman

Will one man’s search for light bring the answers he needs
or cause the very darkness he seeks to avoid?

Events in both Rygia and Teman lead to a meeting of the two kings, yet forces in both realms seek to disrupt the budding alliance.

General Rolland Longsword faces a formidable task in molding young Justus Corden into the kind of man their king is looking for. At the same time, he begins to discover some mysteries surrounding his ornate sword that may hold the key to who his people are and where they come from.

Espionage, betrayal, and murder threaten both realms at their core. Will one man's search for light be the salvation of his realm, or cause the very darkness he seeks to dispel?

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In the Eyes of the King

A young maid’s abusive father amasses a great debt.
An entire nation is indebted to a greater power.
Only the righteous king can offer atonement to both.
But pride and intolerance stand in the way.

Having settled into his manor with his new wife, the princess of Teman, Justus Corden begins a search for an heir to Rygia’s throne—a child of the royal line who is willing to learn the ways of righteousness and lead the realm toward the light of God. This task proves more difficult than he imagined, for no one in Rygia seems to care for an alliance with Teman.

One young Rygian maidservant is in dire straits due to a debt amassed by her father. But the king of Teman himself pays her debt, thus freeing her from bondage. With the entire realm of Rygia now indebted to Caledron, the king of Teman makes a similar offer to them, on a much grander scale, but the people of Rygia refuse to accept it.

Meanwhile, the prince of Caledron seeks revenge against Justus by going after both his daughter and his newborn son. Only two Temanite warriors and the aforementioned Rygian maid are in a position to help. But one of them is already affected by the darkness.

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In the Heart of a Princess

A lowly orphan girl feels unworthy of the king’s love,
but with the arrival of a mysterious princess from another land,
the fate of the king and of the realm may be up to her alone.

With Teman’s holy refuge of Mount Avalee destroyed, the orphan girl Bethany must find a new place to live. She stays with her friend Anna Corden in the palace of Teman and finds that she is in love with the king of Teman himself. Things seem to be going well for her until the arrival of a mysterious princess from the realm of Petros, whose people are descendants of Temanites.

Realizing that she is unworthy of the king’s love, and having been humiliated by the Petrosian princess, Bethany leaves the palace and spends the winter with Princess Mariya in Rygia, where she learns what it means to be a princess on the inside—in the heart.

When Bethany returns to Teman, she finds that the king’s relationship with the Petrosian princess has blossomed, but the princess may not be all she appears to be. Bethany uncovers a plot to destroy the king and finds she is the only one in a position to save him.

In a subplot to this story, Justus Corden discovers that his future son-in-law might have something to do with the murder of his mentor, General Rolland Longsword.

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In the Shadow of Caledron

Just as Teman discovers its greatest hope, it is confronted by its greatest enemy. 


A young orphan girl discovers her true heritage and must learn to accept her destiny.

A power-hungry Rygian baron orchestrates events to put himself in the highest position of the land. Yet his goal is not just the throne but an ancient gift that purports to make him the most powerful man in the entire world.

With a price on both their heads, Justus Corden and Squire Fox must return to Rygia to find the true prince and bring him to safety. But they are capture by forces who seek to turn Fox into a minion of the Dark Isle. Threatened by the darkness themselves, their friends in Teman are unable to come to their aid.

In this book, Justus learns a few surprising truths about his own heritage, and the source of the enduring antagonism between Rygia and Teman is revealed.



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On the Throne of Rygia

The time has come to place the true prince on Rygia’s throne. But he isn’t quite fifteen years old and many wonder if he’s ready.

As Justus Corden begins planning the battle, he realizes he must send the newly knighted Paulus (Sir Fox) on a suicide mission. As the battle draws to a head, the life of yet another person dear to Justus hangs in the balance.

At the crucial moment, Justus is confronted with a choice—give up the young prince or let the evil king destroy the common people. His choice could cause him to lose the allegiance of those he seeks to save.
Yet he finds that the ultimate decision is not his to make.

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