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PALADIN'S
APPRENTICE

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Faith Requires Heart. Justice Demands Blood.

The Paladin’s Apprentice is a grimdark epic fantasy trilogy about a disgraced paladin and the cursed boy he claims from a massacre—an apprentice who must overcome hatred and rage to save a kingdom from the forces within and without. Featuring broken mentor, failed chosen one, animal companion loyalty, false accusation, corrupt crown, and love born in blood, it follows a father and adopted son hunted by every power in a kingdom already rotting from within.

He should have been a paladin. Instead, he’ll be their ruin.

Everything changes when a paladin finds a boy in the aftermath of slaughter.

The boy cannot master Glory, the sacred magic of the paladins. When his failure unleashes disaster and cripples his mentor, both are cast tinto exile while civil war ravages the land they love. 

Anger drives the boy into the ranks of mercenaries known as the Gloves. Violence makes him useful. Rage makes him feared.

But when he refuses to become what they are, he is marked.

Framed for massacre and hunted by the crown and the church, he must decide who he truly is.

Framed for massacre and hunted by the crown and the church, will he learn who he truly is?

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Glory Comes With A Price

There is only one way to stop the bloodshed but Mulko must first accept his fate and make the sacrifice. Or will he let the blood of the innocent flow?

Exiled and hunted, the boy who was denied Glory must lead those who have none.

Old loyalties fracture. New alliances are forged in desperation.

The kingdom tightens its grip, and a campaign for vengance embarks into the desert swathes of Sabal-Rih. 

The Righteous Shall Perish and Wicked Will Be Redeemed

Justice is both law and mercy. Mulko must make the ultimate judgment. Can he go to his death?

The crippled knight and the cursed apprentice stand reconciled with the kingdom that once hunted them. But now threat of invasion looms and their powers are needed more than ever. 

 

Faith will fracture. Thrones will fall.

 

Judgment is coming for the one who poisened the king of Varengrad.

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The World

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Welcome to Sveltagrad:

A World of Glory and Blood

Looking for a richly worldbuilt fantasy series by an indie author in the tradition of Patrick Rothfuss's The Name of the Wind? And one that will finish?

 

Step into Sveltagrad. From the ash-haired nomads Kovari, to the Paladins whose faith-fueled Glory can mend shattered bone and conjure spectral doubles, this is a world where gods are many, loyalties are tangled, and the road is never safe for long. Ancient forests give way to the wild borderlands where skinwalkers wear human flesh like garments. Fortress-cities like rise from coastal cliffs in bleeding red and black stone, forging holy warriors in catacombs beneath the waves. Across the Sea, the desert kingdom of Sabal-Rih smolders with the scars of crusade, its secrets buried in the sand alongside. And caught between all of it — between pagan fire and paladin light, between the warmth of a mother's arms and the cold of a world that calls his people heathens — stands a boy  whose gifts may be the salvation or ruin of everything he loves. Sveltagrad is vast, unforgiving, and alive with mystery.

 

Are you ready to walk its roads?

The Cast

Mulko

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Apprentice. Destined. Son.

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Penrose

Master. Paladin. Father.

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For Readers Who Want More Than Just a Battle

Why Readers Love the Paladin's Apprentice 

Apprentice Fantasy and Coming of Age
Grow with Mulko as you discover the dangers and the magic of the world beside him.

In the Style of the Greats
Inspired by The Lord of the Rings and The Name of the Wind, and Assassin's Apprentice but forged with a distinct moral center and lyrical style like that of Judith Tarr.

Found Family, Mentors, and Military School
Learn with Mulko and build timeless bonds with the hands that shape him.

Slow-Burn, Faith-Infused Arcs
No grimdark nihilism here. This is fantasy for those who believe hope matters.

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Check out all the books in the Paladin's Apprentice Series

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