The Man From Cymene — Toni V. Sweeney

Trygare kan Ingan was a boy of sixteen, a blacksmith's son, when the Drune priest told his parents the gods decree he's to be the father of kings.

Within a day, he's sent into the world on a short-legged hill pony, his father's sword by his side…to seek his destiny and fulfill it.

Nothing goes as Trygare expects, however…the woman he wants doesn't want him, the man to be his best friend laughs at him, everyone ridicules his youth. Slaying a dragon, feeling the Bloodsong coursing through his veins, and nearly getting killed in a war changes their minds, however…

As if their plans for the young Cymenean aren't enough, the gods interfere in his life. Tragedy happens, scandal and death, and Trygare's forced to leave Cymene for a foreign land where his true fate lies…where he'll become the ancestor of the dynasty foretold to rule his planet for three thousand years…