Touch of Iron by Timandra Whitecastle is a wonderful fantasy about several people and their mission to find a blade that may or may not be real. Some say it is a legend and others swear it is real and has power. There is sorcery, magic, imaginative creatures, lots of action, true suspense, battle/fight scenes, and a hint of romance thrown in there. It is not a book for the squeamish, it has some scenes that might make the weak-hearted not want to read it so be aware of this. But in a real war, there are real evil people, the writer is just making you hate these guys more and showing you how heartless the enemy is. The characters are well developed, good and bad. The plot is excellent with lots of twist and turns with surprises along the way. I am eager to read the next book to see what is next, so it left a great impression on me. The blurb for the book was not inviting but the book itself is. A strong female lead and with her twin brother on an adventure into an unknown trek they go. They are twins, which is thought to be bad luck and normally one is killed or both but someone saved them at birth. I get the impression she is thought to be the "evil twin". Great book. I received this book for a honest review. ( )