Blood and the Blade: Sword of Darkness Book 1 (Seven Swords)

Fifteenth century Italy but a very different world. Swords and armor are giving way to gunpowder and artillery. Magic is a blight on mankind that has caused irreparable damage to the land.

The city of Venice has all but recovered from one such magical disaster and now faces a never ending siege by the Ottoman Empire. Unholy alliances are formed. Treaties are broken. Dark and forbidden magics are unleashed. Disgraced Captain Adaam Domando of the Venetian army must overcome his greatest failure and, along with new and surprising allies, turn himself into the only weapon that can save the besieged city.

Blood and the Blade is the first book in the story of the Sword of Darkness, which is itself the first cycle of the Seven Swords Series.