The Age of Redemption is a small block of time within the long history of Eos. ". . . in darkness shalt thou conquer . . ." is the first novel in this series. The challenges, pain, victories, and rewards of this epic struggle begin here: The date is July 4th, 1347 of the Second Dawn. It has been almost three years since the assassination of King Rurik. The kingdom of Nordaka now exists in a state of disarray, ruled by a reckless and unworthy heir. Rurik's oldest surviving son, Aidan of Dredstoke, receives a cue from his Spirit Guide the time for action has come. The young knight must put himself at risk of falling victim to the royal purge that has reduced his family line to a thread, or refuse to honor the vow he made to his father as the good king lay dying. The sins of Aidan's many forebears now weigh heavily on his shoulders, as they have culminated in an ominous tempest that looms just ahead on the horizon. If Aidan ignores this coming chaos, or is cut down by the Reaper's scythe, he fates his people to a millennium of darkness. The task of making amends for his family's misdeeds is unwanted, unfair, and unending - but that task is his, and his alone.

You’ve heard the story before: an orphaned boy, raised by a wise old man, comes to a fuller knowledge of his magic and uses it to fight the great evil threatening his world. But what if that hero were destined to become the new dark lord? The Academy of Chaenbalu has stood against magic for centuries. Hidden from the world, acting from the shadows, it trains its students to detect and retrieve magic artifacts, which it jealously guards from the misuse of others. Because magic is dangerous: something that heals can also harm, and a power that aids one person may destroy another. Of the academy’s many students, only the most skilled can become avatars—warrior thieves, capable of infiltrating the most heavily guarded vaults—and only the most determined can be trusted to resist the lure of magic. More than anything, Annev de Breth wants to become one of them. But Annev carries a secret. Unlike his classmates who were stolen as infants from the capital city, Annev was born in the village of Chaenbalu, was believed to be executed, and then unknowingly raised by his parents’ killers. Seventeen years later, he struggles with the burdens of a forbidden magic, a forgotten heritage, and a secret deformity. When Annev is subsequently caught between the warring ideologies of his priestly mentor and the Academy’s masters, he must finally decide whether to accept the truth of who he really is … or embrace the darker truth of what he may one day become.