The Highlands Burn (The Foundling Brigade Saga)

To the crack of rifles and the acrid stench of sorcery, a sudden invasion sweeps through the highlands of the Confederation, and Sayat’s peaceful village life breaks with the dawn.A sole survivor amid the smoking ruins of all that he held dear, Sayat must make a choice: Is pursuing revenge against the mercenaries that took everything from him worth becoming one himself?As his escape pushes him into the gruff embrace of the Foundling Brigade, he must learn to tread a path between his need to understand why his people were targeted for destruction and the new responsibilities of his soldier’s life, even as each new encounter with the horrors of battle force him to confront the terrible cost of his oath. Before long, the shifting fog of war casts old certainties into a haze of doubt, while the stuff of legend seems as clear as day, and Sayat finds himself drawn into a much larger conflict than he could possibly imagine.From Joe Kassabian, author of The Hooligans of Kandahar, comes the first novel of The Foundling Brigade Saga, an epic gunpowder fantasy where magic is in short supply, but there’s a bullet for every man. Read more