Deathbringer

 "Despite what you have heard, history is not always writ by the winner, it's writ by whomever gets to the writing first and writes the strongest."

Elric the Deathbringer was once a boy and, like many boys growing up in the town of Darim, it was not a pleasant experience. Born of the union of his father and a whore nine years earlier, the only life Elric had ever known was at the hands of his abusive father who made sure that Elric knew he was an unpleasant reminder of that night's grave mistake. All was not broken bones and blood however, for Elric's father, a bookbinder, had taught him how to read so that he would be of use to him. One day Elric chanced across a small relic hidden away in the thick cover of a book he was restoring under his father's watchful eye, a relic he vaguely recognized from another book they worked on months earlier. The young boy cast his eyes about quickly, watching for his father who was busy with the delicate settings of a box vice across the room, and slipped the piece into his pocket for later inspection. A free day was coming soon and, if memory served him correctly, a free day was indeed coming soon...

The Tale of Elric the Deathbringer is an intelligently crafted dark fantasy novel of dangerous power, ancient philosophies, and unending betrayal.