Zeal

He was born among the dead. But the light inside him belongs to the living. Zeal has never fit in. In the Undead Kingdom a peaceful community of decaying souls his fair skin and warm hands mark him as an outsider. The only thing more dangerous than the villagers' curious stares is the recurring nightmare that haunts his sleep: a battlefield, a desperate scream, and a figure he cannot save. When soldiers from the Kingdom of People attack his village, Zeal awakens a power he doesn't understand a sword of pure light. But power without strength is useless. He is beaten. Humiliated. Called a "pathetic outcast." Then he meets Sera, a mysterious druid whose honey magic can heal or kill with equal ease. Together with a pragmatic archer named Calein, they flee into a world torn apart by prejudice and war. But the Kingdom of People knows Zeal exists. And they will burn everything he loves to destroy him. Zeal wanted to protect his home. Now he has nothing left but vengeance. "From tragedy comes light. From light comes legend."