Before The Blades Fall: The Oathbound Saga: Book One (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781066784400)

A thief.

A liar.

A survivor.

What else keeps you alive in the city of Prismara?

Jin is the last of the Khameleai-an ancient order wiped out during the Crimson Wars. A relic. A weapon. A mistake the world tried to erase.

He survives by slipping through shadows, his shifting skin hiding the truth of what he truly is.

But the past isn't done with him.

The Shadowblight is spreading-twisting men into hollow husks and dragging the realm toward ruin. And something in Jin's blood is calling it.

Now he's hunted for what he is and bound to allies he never chose, pulled into a war he wants no part of. Ancient weapons-lost and feared-may be the only way to stop the blight.

And they answer to him.

But every time Jin uses his gift, he feels it slipping-his control, his humanity... his soul.

To save the realm, he must decide-

stay hidden...

or become the monster the world needs.