The Quickening Blade (The Echo of Magic Book 1)

Magic is dead. The world is predictable and cruel and it hates people
like A’vazashay, an elf who has made his fair share of mistakes.
A’vazashay is a mercenary, looking to earn some gold. A bounty connects
him to an unlikely ally in the honourable and seemingly perfect knight
Ryder van Taros, promising them riches beyond all imagining. The best
part is, no one should get hurt in the process. All they need to do is
recover an ancient artefact fabled to have terrible magical properties:
the Quickening Blade. Together, they embark on a journey of discovery,
both about themselves, each other, and the world they live in, but they
soon learn that some stories should remain forgotten.