Koren

The mysterious Lhas'kar—those silent warriors who slip through walls like mist, whose swords do not know defeat—pledge themselves to no warlord or country. They are a society unto themselves, forever mute behind their scarves of red silk, feared and hated by all men. Koren is a simple fisherman's son, innocent of the ways of the world and the cruelty of men. For the love of his friend Chimu he has taken the Lhas'kar brand on his cheek and makes a solitary journey to the Lhas'kar's hidden fortress to find Chimu and win him back from that company of assassins. But the rhune on his face has marked him irrevocably—wherever he goes men will not look into his eyes or ask his name. For the rest of his life he is only Lhas'kar...