The Lost Mark

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A trilogy of Eberron novels by Matt Forbeck. It follows a girl who bears the lost Mark of Death, and her adoptive father who is trying to rescue her from her own long-lost relative.

  • Marked for Death (2005)
  • The Road to Death (2006)
  • The Queen of Death (2006)

Tropes used in The Lost Mark include:
  • Action Girl: The female paladins.
  • Big Bad: Vol.
  • Badass: Kandler and Burch.
  • Black Mage: Espre seems to have some sorcerous talent. The only spells she uses are violent and destructive (although those could easily just be from her mark).
  • Paladin: The paladins. Duh.
  • Person of Mass Destruction: We don't see its powers much, but anyone bearing the Mark of Death is assumed to be this.
  • Power Tattoo: The titular Mark of Death, like all dragonmarks.