Description:

Slaying a murderous lord has earned Rathe Lahkurin, the outcast Scorpion of Cerrikoth, no favors. Nobles, as it happens, frown on the killing of fellow nobles—unless they are the ones doing the killing.

On the run, Rathe and his companion seek refuge amid the Gyntor Mountains. They should have taken another route, for those savage crags are rife with stalking horrors, black sorceries, and men who have traded their humanity for wicked hungers.

But there are worse things hunting Rathe. A swordsman of shadow with a fondness for tormenting his victims. Devious monks of the Path of Knowing, men with a lust for magical power, especially that of the Wight Stone. Crazed townsfolk who like nothing better than to see an outlander cut to pieces.

Rathe has a sharp sword and sharper wits. At his side stands a pair of grubby waifs, brother and sister, with dark secrets all their own, and a strong ally with an obsession for feasting and women. But such weapons are small use against his greatest enemy, the ghostly Lady of Regret of Ravenhold—the Hunting Bitch and her Wardens of Tanglewood, an army that craves the warm blood of the living.

Reading order:
Reaper of Sorrows (Songs of the Scorpion - book one)
Lady of Regret (Songs of the Scorpion - book two)

Other series by James A. West: Heirs of the Fallen
The God King (book one)
Crown of the Setting Sun (book two)
Shadow and Steel (book three)
Book four coming in the Fall of 2013!