We Burn Our Dead

"Sturmund lives only to fight, always searching for that worthy foe to grant him a good death—always disappointed. Those few remaining mercenaries who still follow their mad Captain wield their blades merely to survive another day, content with a slosh of ale and spit of meat. Blood-stained gold doesn't trouble them much when a little water clears them of the deed. Each has chosen this life of violence, and each bears its heavy price without complaint. From royal halls to whore-filled taverns, storm-tossed seas and bandit-infested swamplands, haunted ruins and desolate outposts, broken homes and broken lives—the paths of the warriors stretch back many hard years, down life’s dark and winding trails. The journey, however, has taken them all to the same bitter destination—to the house of the beast. And in the face of nightmare, can such brutal men set aside petty differences, overcome the scars and traumas of their past lives, and united to face the beast without - and the one lurking within each of their hearts? " -- Back cover.