The Serpent's Peace

There is not much Korin wouldn't do for the right price. He is a mercenary after all. It's what his family has done for generations. Kill a noble? No problem. Burn down a temple? No problem. Kill a mage and unleash ancient horrors upon the land? ...Maybe not. After accepting a lucrative contract from a young nobleman named Severin, Korin discovers he has helped set something terrible loose upon the world. Soon monsters walk the kingdoms, ancient powers awaken, and the man Korin helped place upon the throne begins building a world unlike any seen before. A world without hunger. Without crime. Without injustice. A world where the only currency is obedience. As kingdoms fall beneath Severin's growing empire, Korin finds himself hunted, recruited, manipulated, and dragged into a conflict far larger than any mercenary contract. Alongside a strange priestess, an idealistic farmer-turned-knight, a relentless noble warrior, and a fairy who seems more interested in one woman than the fate of humanity, Korin must decide what kind of world deserves to survive. Because the closer he gets to stopping Severin... The more he begins to wonder if the Serpent King is trying to save the world.