The Dragon Lord: Peter Morwood

The Book of Years, Volume III: In the service of the crook-shouldered King Rynert, Aldric has been dishonoured and sold into the Drusalan Empire in an example of Machiavellian statecraft. There in the hated Empire he is at the mercy of those who have loathed him and all he stands for for generations. But Aldric is a High-Clan Lord, skilled in the art of the sword, a scholar, an expert in Art Magic, a warrior who has seen the best and seen the worst. And even as the Drusalan Empire there are allies - which include Ymareth, The Dragon...