Sevenfold Sword

Sevenfold Sword includes books one and two of the series.
After a long and terrible war, the realm of Andomhaim is at peace. But dark powers threaten other lands.
Ridmark Arban, the Shield Knight and defender of Andomhaim, finds himself fighting for his life, and for the lives of his family, when a mad elven wizard comes to the High King's court. For the quest of the Seven Swords has begun.
And the quest will kill anyone foolish enough to seek its secret.