“The Recruit” is included in New Legends: Castle, Caster, Creature, available for purchase here.

The anthology was published with three different covers (one featuring a castle, one featuring a caster, and one featuring a creature). Order whichever you like best!
Valiyon, the Mother of the Elvish Rebellion, leads an intriguing recruit into an ambush against her old foe’s homestead. The ambush is supposed to be a test, supposed to reveal the recruit to Valiyon, but everything goes sideways.
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