The second installment to the Swordheart series about a magical sword that when unsheathed contains a man forced to protect and defend his wielder at all costs. Following shortly after the timeline of the first book in this series, this story picks up with another of the three known mercenaries trapped in swords. We met Sarkis previously, so now we’re meeting The Dervish. If you read the first book, then you’ll know (and I’m also sure you can imagine) that being trapped for eternity as an immortal in a sword can come with it’s traumas. The Dervish has hated all of his wielders… that is, until he meets Edmund. Learned Edmund—a scholar and priest—has recently decided to cut ties with his religious order, but is on one final mission to deliver a relic from one temple to another. But when a band of highway men are seconds from killing him he unsheathes the relic (aka The Dervish’s sword), and finds himself with a bonded defender who saves his life, is sexy as heck, but hates him (and did I say he’s sexy). Our story continues as this unlikely pair embark on a quest to a temple of knowledge picking up odd friends and foes along the way.