Hand Of Justice

She swore to protect her kingdom . . . And he swore to destroy it. Riley is lithe and fast, her tongue every bit as sharp as her sword. She's a new-age knight pledged to keep her King and countrymen safe. Storm clouds are circling on the horizon. Riley's hearing rumors about a dark mage in the north. He's amassing a ruthless army and practicing twisted magic. His evil past intertwines with Riley's kingdom . . . . . . and he's coming to claim it. With the kingdom at stake, Riley embarks on a collision course with this mage . . . and with her own mortality. Will Riley's fighting prowess prove enough to vanquish the dark mage and his legion, or is her fate already sealed in his twisted magic?

The Dark Mage has every advantage . . . except her. Riley Trident narrowly escaped New Perth after a vicious battle with Rendal, but now she has an even bigger problem. Rendal holds Mason captive on a ship headed for the kingdom of Sidnie. To force her allegiance, there's nothing he won't do to the most important person in her life. If he can't have her allegiance? Then he'll punish her. Everyone around Riley implores her to refine her magical powers. Without them, she's no match for Rendal. Yet without her, Mason's days are numbered and Sidnie falls. Will Riley harness her powers in time to save them, or will her next battle with Rendal be their last?

New Perth's deadliest First Hand is now a sorceress. With magical powers to complement her formidable sword skills, Riley Trident heads to Sidnie with the fates of her best friend and an entire kingdom in her hands. The practice of magic thrives in Sidnie, but Hemmons' capabilities are far beyond those of even its most accomplished citizens. He shuts down their schools and opens his own, training warrior mages in round the clock shifts to achieve his ultimate goal: Sacking New Perth and conquering the nation. Sensing the proximity of Riley's magic, Hemmons steps up his efforts to find her. If the rising body count won't crush any hopes of a resistance and lure her out of the shadows, then perhaps Mason's agonizing death will. Will Riley's enhanced powers swing the battle against Hemmons, or will he, at long last, acquire the crown jewel he's long coveted and rule the continent?

He started the war, but she's going to end it. The Dark Mage thinks he's defeated Riley. After poisoning her and leaving her to die, Rendal heads toward New Perth to claim his new kingdom. Victory appears to be in his grasp. But not if Riley has anything to do with it. She knows to defeat him she has to finally master the magic within her. To free her kingdom, she must become the most powerful mage Australia has ever seen. Cured of Rendal's poison, Riley trains under the under woman who brought magic to her continent. The woman who learned from Ezekiel himself. The woman who taught Rendal. And when she's finished? She'll bring the war to New Perth's gates and finish what Rendal started.