The third book of The Last King of Osten Ard!
''Inspired me to write my own seven-book trilogy. It''s one of my favourite fantasy series'' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
''A master storyteller, and the Osten Ard books are his masterpiece'' BRANDON SANDERSON
''Paved the way for so much modern fantasy. Including mine'' PATRICK ROTHFUSS
''One of the great fantasy epics of all time'' CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI
The High Throne of Erkynland is tottering, its royal family divided and diminished. Queen Miriamele has been caught up in a brutal rebellion in the south and thought to have died in a fiery attack. Her grandson Morgan, heir to the throne, has been captured by one of Utuk''ku''s soldiers in the ruins of an abandoned city. Miriamele''s husband, King Simon, is overwhelmed by grief and hopelessness, unaware that many of these terrible things have been caused by Pasevalles, a murderous traitor inside Simon''s own court at the Hayholt.
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