A Deliverer Comes (The Kinsman Chronicles)

Part 8 of Jill Williamson's Epic Fantasy Series The Kinsman Chronicles

Grayson has become the king's spy, traveling the new land to determine the strengths and weaknesses of Armania's enemies. On one such mission, he uncovers a seedbed of destruction that is responsible for the infighting between the giant tribes and the oppression of the Puru people. He does what he can to help, but his actions are considered an act of war.
 
Meanwhile, Chieftess Charlon has found a way to make magic in this new land, and as evenroot sources diminish, Barthel Rogedoth and Empress Jazlyn will do anything to learn her secret.
 
In her captivity, Onika the prophetess stumbles onto a new ability of the voicing magic. She returns to Armanguard to train warriors to enter the Veil and fight an unseen evil that has been subjugating the souls of humanity for generations.
 
A Deliverer Comes is collected together with parts 7 and 9 in King's War.