Blood Feuds

From Introduction:

For years the borderlands have been a place of strife and slavery. It is a barren wasteland, where the scant trees grow only from the blood spilled in countless battles. The lone symbol of order is the outpost of Caldwell Keep, where a small garrison of Men shelter, hone their fighting skills, heal their wounds, and ever yearn for an end to their duty so that they may go home to their families . . .