Ashok is gravely injured and unable to fight both.
Son Of The Black Sword opens with Ashok Vadal, Protector of the Law, battling demons risen from the sea. “The Keeper Of Names” is not only an engaging and more than competent short story, it serves as an introduction to a new venture for Larry Correia: the Saga Of The Forgotten Warrior.
I have been looking forward to Son of the Black Sword ever since I read “The Keeper Of Names” in Baen’s Shattered Shields anthology ( reviewed November last year).