Introduction: This 5-book series was published as Awakening the Giants on Amazon in 2020, and now will be serialized on Royal Road.Alana’s village was ravaged by the Empire, her family killed, and her friends enslaved.Now, hidden deep in the forest, she plans to avenge her loved ones. Legend has it that the Sword of Ares, a magical weapon wielded by the god of War, will have the power to defeat the enemies of her tribe and unite all other barbarian lands under her cause.Now she must escape the watchful eye of her enemy and find the Sword before her tribe is wiped from the face of the Empire.But the Sword holds ancient secrets that should be left undisturbed. Secrets that could bring back an evil that the gods themselves fought to destroy....