**** This is the 2nd book in a series, the 1st book can be found here. http://royalroadl.com/fiction/8513  -  Curse of the Forsaken ****   The betrayal and murder of a wise king chosen by the gods condemns all of mankind in the world of Althos to pending extinction at the hands of a terrible curse. Abandoned by the Gods, Fate and Hope, humanity descends into madness and immorality. Now, with most of humanity living as slaves of other races and the great human kingdom but a memory in le...