The Crystal Crux Series: Betrayal

Feeling cursed, suffering from depression and insomnia, buffeted by dark visions and dreams, Pero de Alava forsakes his fiancé and best friend in Capua to recklessly embark on a suicidal quest. Cursing God, he christens himself a scapegoat, a warrior bearing upon him whatever curse it is that ails him to save his people from the wrath of their enemies.

Little does Pero know that there are larger forces working around him, forces larger than his enemies in Parthenope and the throne of the Holy Roman Emperor.

Pero never knew magic existed. That magic is slowly seeping into his troubled life and things are about to get even more fantastical for the Spaniard.

As Zor says, "Bravest blood flows first."

It's only Day One of a ten day adventure. The leaves are falling, snapping off at the stems, missed opportunities drifting away, swirling in the breeze towards the coldness of the grave.

"Every malevolent act you henceforth commit in the name of justice, will only push you further from the greater good. You will be broken and become the evil thing you loathe."