Cloudtoucher Trilogy: Volume One - Dragon's Touch

Nothing is still in the Center World- every nation prepares for war, and all of them against Iorn. Even within its borders, civil disputes bring decades-old grudges to the forefront. On the brink of collapse, Caedmon Valkire, king of Iorn, has little hope, and fewer options. So when Geoff Cloudtoucher’s pupil comes from the mountains claiming the dwarves are dead and warning of an even greater danger still to come, the king turns to drastic measures. He takes Lincoln Cloudtoucher as his own general, sends assassins to his neighboring threats, and relies on his nephew to stall Drawl’s armies long enough he can push Evenstand from his shores.
And hundreds of miles to the south, the Fauconheyn, the Valkire’s old enemy, seeks the aide of a savage people in retaking their old homeland. It’s a race to the Stone Seat, and every Iornian pledges lake and ocean to their gods in the hopes they might survive.