Rainer was ready to relax after a hard fought victory over the armies of the undead, but when relics from the battle prove to be just as dangerous as the fallen enemy from which they sprung, he finds himself thrown into a fight he doesn't want. Rainer has slain the necromancer and sent the undead armies scurrying.

Now, hailed as a hero, he's keeping up the fight against the tribesmen that remain loyal to the necromancer and his ways. However, his life becomes more complicated when the dark swords are used in an assassination on a high official in the empire and it looks like someone close to him did it.

Now, Rainer finds himself unraveling a dark conspiracy and figuring out where the swords are coming from and how they keep ending up in the wrong hands. A conspiracy that seems to reach high into the empire and that threatens to engulf him and those that he cares most about.

Will Rainer be able to unravel the conspiracy before he or those he cares about are killed? Will he be able to clear his name when suspicions are cast on him? And will he be able to deal with the growing threat in the dread lands when his own people seem to be arrayed against him? And what of the dead? Will they return?The Dark Swords is the second book in the Dread Lands series by Arthur Drake. A sword and sorcery dark fantasy series with a focus on action and intrigue.

Join Rainer as he clears caves of enemy tribesmen, unravels the mystery of the dark swords, searches for traitors in his own ranks, and faces off against a dangerous cabal that has him as their target. Pick up your copy of The Dark Swords and begin this tale of heroic action and dark deeds today.

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