Swordsman's Intent

The last competition Belasko won was the catch a slippery pig contest at his village fair. Now he has to beat the best warriors in the kingdom. Belasko, a farm boy who ran away to war, is a decorated soldier and war hero. When Markus, the Royal Champion, stages a competition to choose a successor, a world of possibility opens up to him. Possibility that Belasko cannot resist. Can Belasko fulfil his potential, beat the finest blades in the kingdom, and become the first commoner to claim the title of Royal Champion? Set fifteen years before The Swordsman's Lament, this novella sets in motion both the events of that novel and Belasko's destiny.