Neq the Sword — Piers Anthony

An age of darkness was descending upon the Empire. Soon there would be no food, no weapons and no honour--the laws of the nomads were forgotten in the struggle to survive.

Neq was the greatest of warriors. No man faced his sword without feeling its sting. Yet even he could not save the Empire alone, he needed the help of those who had begun its destruction...the great leaders who had thought only of war. And so Neq travelled many dangerous miles to find them,knowing that upon his journey rested the future of the world...