The Witch Queen

A colonel becomes a corporal.

A slave becomes a champion. The City of Serpents is taken. The Witch-Queen, Amunet, is rescued. And Colonel Mason "Mace" Dickson has earned his place among the WarWolves, the elite fighters dedicated to her protection.

With new orders to return Amunet to the Atlantian capital of Astérifon, the Black Legion and its allies escort her westward across the searing Sehtian desert. But weeks of trudging through the Sea of Burning Sands drains their reserves, slowing their progress to a snail's pace. Lurking behind every dune is the enemy, including the fearsome Obha Kriish--merciless cannibals who grind the bones of their victims into warpaint for battle.

Led by the foppish Colonel Arkanian, the expedition's commanders face not just deadly threats from without, but also incompetence from within. Simply to survive, Mace must focus on the brutal world around him. All he wants is to return home to his wife and daughter, to resume a life he once took for granted.

All he needs is one more second chance...