The Sworn Knight

Dark sorcery overruns the land, but a knight rises to challenge it…
Ferla, once a simple hunter, swears an oath to rid the land of evil. And her oath is not prideful, for she has mastered the Way of the Sword and the arts of magic. Even so, her quest may end before it begins.
A servant of the evil she seeks to destroy hunts her. He is dogged in his pursuit, and no deed or dark magic is beyond him. To her dismay, he has found an ancient relic of forbidden magic, and this gives him powers that even grim legend only whispers.
But she has set her course to the city of Faladir. There abides the heart of evil. Her hopes start high, but they tumble when she discovers her enemies want her there. Her pursuer seeks not to kill her, but to bring her in fetters to his master. There, by foul rites, they plan to force her to serve the very evil she seeks to destroy…