Bloodsworn : Book 1 of the Avatars of Ruin (The Avatars of Ruin)

The villagers of Jalard in Sharma have little contact with the outside world. Once a year two of them are chosen for the Academy in the capital. This year's choice causes friction, and suspicion that all is not what it seems. Some investigate, but what they discover changes their lives forever and sets them on a long and bloody path to vengeance...