The Walkers of Legend (The Walkers of Legend, #1)

The Empire, ruling nine-tenths of the world, is on a countdown to collapse. They must crush the last peoples of the free world to feed their chambers. They kidnap all of the enemy's young mages, a routine task before invasion, but one of them is no ordinary man. It soon becomes a race against time as he attempts to unlock the secret of the Empire's powerful magic, challenging his formidable Master to try and prevent him from starting a devastating war against his homeland; a war that will force his people into a life of slavery and torture. Back home, his friend uncovers his abduction and begins the equally impossible task of getting him back ... The Walkers of Legend launches into an epic action fantasy series that will begin to unravel a fearsome and deeply endangered world, and one that holds a staggering ten-thousand year-old secret.