Gild

Good story and I like the FMC and MMC.
But the writing is not so good and in general book 1+2 did not have a lot of story, could have been just one.

Summary of book #1:
You get a little back story of FMC and King Midas. He then schemes himself into another kingdom and travels there - with Auren coming later. They are ambushed by the red pirates who then sell them (involuntarily) to commander Rip of 4th kingdom.