The Unnamed Sword

Aeren has spent years practicing with a sword in secret, dreaming of the adventures waiting beyond his village. Nearly eight feet tall and stronger than most people he meets, the young Firbolg has never had to find out whether he can fight.Then raiders come to Riverweave.His parents are killed. Seven villagers disappear downriver. Leaving his sister among the survivors, Aeren takes his sword and sets out after the people responsible.The road soon exposes how little he knows. Dara, an experienced caravan guard, begins teaching him to survive a fight, but she cannot protect him from every mistake. Following the raiders' stolen goods brings him into crowded river towns where merchants ask few questions about the cargo they buy. Somewhere along that trade route, someone knows what happened to Riverweave's missing people.To find them, Aeren will need help from strangers, including Lizardfolk he can barely look at without reaching for his sword. As his search puts his companions in danger, he must learn whose judgment to trust and give them reason to trust his.Then a merchant offers those companions Aeren's weight in gold to kill him.The Unnamed Sword is the first novel in a fantasy series set in Elandor.