Upstream Reviews - Deathbringer (The Spellswords Saga, Book 1) by Blake Carpenter
By Declan Finn
From Caroline Furlong's Review
Inga Ivanova couldn’t be happier. She is about to marry her childhood sweetheart, Pyotr, and take up her rightful place on the collective farm as a wife and mother. Not even her own mother pulling her aside moments before the wedding begins to show her a magnificent sword and tell her a secret can ruin her big day.
Not until the First Daughter of Clan Avard rides up with her soldiers and, confirming Inga’s likeness to that of a noblewoman, orders her troops to kill everyone on the farm. Starting with Inga’s mother, Pyotr, and Inga herself.
From Declan Finn's review:
But Deathbringer has the power of life and death. When Inga drags herself out from under the pile of corpses that were the wedding guests, she finds that Deathbringer is keeping her “alive,” even without a pulse. But if Inga can’t retrieve Deathbringer in one week, she’s going to stay dead this time.
And when Inga discovers her full power as a sword bearer, this is going to be one heck of a revenge story.
