The Dark Citadel - La série

A slave boy named Darik falls in with a pair of spies as the great city of Balsalom comes under siege by the armies of a dark wizard. They flee west to enlist the aid of griffin riders, an order of wizards, and a band of ascetic knights to come to the city's defense. Meanwhile, a young queen named Kallia leads a heroic struggle to keep both her city and body free from the dark wizard's cruel embrace. After a treacherous attack opens Balsalom to the armies of the enemy, Kallia assembles an unlikely alliance of palace servants, barbarians, and jealous merchants to retake her city before its people are led away in chains. The Story continues in Book #2: The Free Kingdoms

The Dark Wizard marches against the Free Kingdoms while a wizard, warrior prince, and a freed slave boy mount a heroic defense. A young queen struggles behind enemy lines to keep her city free from the enemy's grasp. The second book of the epic fantasy series, The Dark Citadel, by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michael Wallace, The Free Kingdoms combines a rich fantasy world with page-turning plot and flawed, heroic characters.

After suffering a crushing defeat, The Dark Wizard flees into the khalifates to regain his strength, pursued by an army from the Free Kingdoms. Meanwhile, the dark wizard's dragons range up and down the mountains, burning forests and attacking the griffin riders in their aeries. With her father dead, the young leader of the griffin riders must venture into the northern wilds to tame the powerful and elusive golden griffin. If she fails, her people will be scattered and destroyed.

Marching at the head of a vast army, the young ruler of the Free Kingdoms lays siege to the Dark Citadel, hoping to throw down the Dark Wizard before he can recover from the crushing defeat of the previous summer. But the Dark Wizard's weakness was only a feint, and he emerges from his citadel at the head of an unstoppable force of undead knights. With this horrifying new army at their front and an old traitor raising trouble to their rear, the armies of the Free Kingdoms and their king will face their deadliest threat. Book #4 of the epic fantasy series, The Dark Citadel, by Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author, Michael Wallace.

As the combined forces of Balsalom and the Free Kingdoms assault the dark wizard's citadel, the enemy raises an unstoppable army of wights, dragons, and dead knights to crush them. Meanwhile, in the deserts of the south, a rogue band of wizards enters the war, their motives selfish and their loyalties suspect. Book #5 in The Dark Citadel Series