Book excerpt: A hunt for raiding barbarians turns upon the hunters. But far worse is to come for the sleepy villages of northern Ursia and the soldiers who protect the villagers. The Dartague barbarians have had enough of the Ursians encroaching upon their mountainous borders, and the raids are but a feint to draw out soldiers while a much larger attack is in the works. His squad mates slain, Sergeant Guthrie Hackett finds himself alone in the winter wilderness on the border between his homeland and the nation of barbarians. He discovers the Dartague have a new leader, a wyrd woman who is behind the border assault. Worse yet for the sergeant, he has fallen under the attention of an ice witch, an inhuman creature with secret goals of her own. Seeking to survive, Hackett tries to make it back to his own countrymen, only to find there is relatively little safety for him anywhere in the northern regions. Also available Mage Hunter: Episode 1: Blooded Snow Mage Hunter: Episode 2: Sundered Shields Mage Hunter: Episode 3: Bared Blades Mage Hunter: Episode 4: Hammered Iron Mage Hunter: Episode 5: Changeless Fate Mage Hunter Omnibus