The Witch Queen

A colonel becomes a corporal.

A slave becomes a champion. The City of Serpents is taken. The Witch-Queen, Amunet, is rescued. And Colonel Mason “Mace” Dickson has earned his place among the WarWolves, the elite fighters dedicated to her protection.

With new orders to return Amunet to the Atlantian capital of Astérifon, the Black Legion and its allies escort her westward across the searing Sehtian desert. But weeks of trudging through the Sea of Burning Sands drains their reserves, slowing their progress to a snail's pace. Lurking behind every dune is the enemy, including the fearsome Obha Kriish—merciless cannibals who grind the bones of their victims into warpaint for battle.

Led by the foppish Colonel Arkanian, the expedition's commanders face not just deadly threats from without, but also incompetence from within. Simply to survive, Mace must focus on the brutal world around him. All he wants is to return home to his wife and daughter, to resume a life he once took for granted.

All he needs is one more second chance…

Nick Cole is a former U.S. Army soldier and two-time Dragon Award winner whose Galaxy's Edge and Forgotten Ruin series have sold millions of copies—making him one of the most reliable names in military science fiction and military fantasy, with a rabid readership that follows him from series to series. His novel The Old Man and the Wasteland was an Amazon #1 Science Fiction bestseller, and CTRL ALT Revolt! won the Dragon Award for Best Apocalyptic Novel.