Runes of War: The Book of Man (8) — THE BROKEN CHALICE Paperback

Jane Welch's "The Broken Chalice" is the eighth book in the expansive "Runes of War: The Book of Man" series, plunging its characters into escalating peril and a world on the brink of mass invasion. Following the flight of Silas with the titular broken Chalice of Önd, the companions are forced to escape into the hob-infested forest. Their journey is complicated when Isolde falls gravely ill, her hand infected and transforming into hob scales from contact with the Chalice. This forces the group to split: a worried Rollo resolves to pursue the Chalice to reverse the spell, while Leaf insists on returning to her people to find a cure. Meanwhile, Torra Alta faces a devastating siege from attackers imbued with dragon-fire powers, revealing that the conflict is far from a civil war but a full-scale invasion threatening the very foundations of their world.