Roland’s Path by R.J. Hanson

A boy untested undertakes a quest, the stakes of which are far more than he could guess… Can his need to prove himself overcome the odds against him?
Powerful sorcerers send their agents to vie in the shadows for a holy artifact. Meanwhile, the fate of a people hangs in the balance. A mighty knight is needed… but a boy answers the call. Will his courage hold?

In Stratvs, swords, once pledged to justice, now rust on the altars of the self-righteous. When two spies escape during young Roland’s watch, they begin a chain of events not intended by Fate that may threaten a kingdom. Roland is driven by his shame to take up his axes and track them down. Raised on the rural edges of Gallhallad, can he survive the dangers of the road ahead? Can his ideas of right and wrong weather the complexities of the path before him?