Book excerpt: A barbarian like no other, Amber Thunder of the Vorsung Dwarf Clan stood tall and defiant against the dark muggy night. The crickets screamed in suffocating darkness. And the big fat moon hung high in the speckled sky. Stationed as a watch to the pass behind her. A pass like a canyon. A good ambush spot. Full of ferns and thorn bushes. When she hears the unthinkable. And an adventure of a lifetime begins. Acclaimed author Jonathan Evan Hudson spins you a superb sword-and-sorcery tale of intense action and spellbinding adventure. If you enjoyed J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, then this standalone novel will enthrall you.