Arise of the Fallen Book One of The Warao Chronicles Series. Sheltered by his overbearing grandmother and tortured by the untimely death of his parents, an introverted and naïve young man, Milos Warao, abandons the safety of his community to aid an aged and crippled Dwarf wishing to return home. Unbeknownst to Milos, the journey he will undertake will thrust him into the center of an age-old conflict between a xenophobic race of Dwarves bent on vengeance for past wrongs and the free peoples of Ellinar who now inhabit the lands to which Dwarf-kind once lay claim. Arise of the Fallen is a story of friendship and longing, ambition and regret; an age-old tale oft-repeated but often overlooked by those who fail to see that devotion to a cause, or a friend, can come at a price.