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Book 2 of 3 · The Sword of the Watch

The Rise of the Western Kingdom

A Swordbearer will rise. A kingdom will be born.

Shinetower stands as the last bulwark against a reawakened darkness.

Galbard of the Dales becomes the tower’s reluctant defender. His son Ro is thrust into a destiny he never sought — with the Sword of the Watch in his hand.

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Paperback · 370 pages · IMC Studios

Why this book

The wound

A monstrous force surges upward in a tide of shadow. Shinetower shakes. The Dales must hold or fall.

The cost

Ro must choose between survival and sacrifice — between legacy and loss — while refugees of Rion flee the ruin behind them.

The hope

Forgotten oaths awaken. Watchers and Spellmakers teeter. From the flight of a people, a kingdom can still be born.

The saga continues

The Sword waits to be called.
From the book
“A tight series opener that should whet the palate of any fantasy fan.”
Kirkus Reviews on The Watchers' War
Power never returns without cost. The West must learn that before it can rise.
Book II of the trilogy

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Table of contents
  1. Illustrations
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. The Song of Isha
  4. Prologue
  5. Harm’s Way
  6. The End of the First Age
  7. Boundland
  8. Discovery
  9. Journey to the Western Coast
  10. The Northern Fields
  11. Power Revealed
  12. Shinetower
  13. The Hunt Begins
  14. Missing Scouts
  15. Irreconcilable Differences
  16. Witch of Southwood
  17. The Faceless Mountains
  18. Autonomy
  19. Altar for the Sword
  20. Imperfect Cage
  21. Uneasy Peace
  22. New Paths
  23. Amphileph’s Revenge
  24. War Begins
  25. Costly Protection
  26. Attack on Shinetower
  27. Epilogue

The world of Book II

Public and Book II records. If you have not finished Book I, begin there first.

Who walks here

Galbard of the Dales. Ro. The refugees of Rion. Amphileph.

Historical Figures →

Where it holds

Shinetower. The Western Coast. The Faceless Mountains. The last bulwark of the West.

Locations →

What is at stake

The Sword still waits. A people in flight. A kingdom that does not yet have a name.

Artifacts →

Enter the Archives

Moonledge Peak keeps the records. Book II entries assume you have walked with the Watchers.

Archives of Erathe →

The trilogy

The Watchers' War
1. The Watchers' War

The blade awakens. Start here.

Begin the trilogy
The Rise of the Western Kingdom
2. The Rise of the Western Kingdom

You are here.

The Fall of Daoradh
3. The Fall of Daoradh

The reckoning that reshapes Erathe.

See the conclusion

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Best for most readers. 6" × 9", 370 pages, cream interior, gloss cover.

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Print specifications

Trim 6.000" × 9.000" · Black & white on cream · Paperback ISBN 979-8-9999009-3-7 · Hardcover ISBN 979-8-9999009-5-1 · Publisher: IMC Studios Incorporated

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John Montgomery

Book Two carries the saga west — from the ruin of Rion toward the first spark of a kingdom. Written and published by IMC Studios, Russellville, Arkansas.

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