Rook Kard(2009)

Rook Kard is a fantasy series set three years after the fall of Ratsee territory, when peace has finally settled over the land of Pon. Couples look forward to marriage and family life, their futures bright with possibility. That calm shatters when a gravely wounded young man stumbles out of the forest, bringing with him the first sign of a rising darkness. What begins as a mystery becomes a race against time as an ancient evil threatens to consume everything the people of Pon have rebuilt. The discovery forces unlikely heroes to confront forces far beyond their understanding, testing their bonds and forcing them to choose between safety and sacrifice.