Honor Lost - Jason Kyle - Bog

Long ago, the Untveski Empire conquered the eastern half of Alaris and have
ruled their subjects with an iron fist ever since. Within this subjugated land is
Owen, a young, Alarian mage and a member of the Headhunters Mercenary
Company. Being a mercenary allows for more freedom and better pay than
most Alarians are given under Untveski rule, but it also requires them to fight
alongside the Untveski legions whenever they require it. This situation was at
least tolerable so long as the mercenaries were only asked to help defend the
borders from marauders and the like, but then one day they are ordered to assist
in ruthlessly crushing the rebellion of an Alarian town. This traumatic event
motivates the mercenaries to consider a third option outside the dichotomy of
living as slaves, or assisting the oppressors, and the solution may just reside with
the fiercely independent wood elves of the western forest region, a long-standing
enemy of the Untveski.