<p><b>Winner of the 2015 David Gemmell Award for Best Fantasy Debut.</b><br><br><b>An explosive fantasy debut, <i>The Emperor's Blades</i> by Brian Staveley is a fast-paced, thrilling epic. If you like Joe Abercrombie and George R. R. Martin, you'll love this.<br><br></b><b>'Will keep you turning the pages late at night' </b><b>–</b><b> Pierce Brown, <i>Sunday Times </i>bestselling author of <i>Red Rising</i></b><br><br><b>The circle is closing. The stakes are high. And old truths will live again . . .</b><br><br>The Emperor has been murdered, leaving the Annurian Empire in turmoil. Now his progeny must prepare to unmask a conspiracy. His son Valyn, training for the empire's deadliest fighting force, hears the news an ocean away. And after several 'accidents' and a dying soldier's warning,
