The Age of Kings is dead . . . and I have killed it.
It's a bloody business overthrowing a king...
Field Marshal Tamas' coup against his king sent corrupt aristocrats to the
guillotine and brought bread to the starving. But it also provoked war with the
Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics, and the greedy to scramble
for money and power by Tamas's supposed allies: the Church, workers unions, and
mercenary forces.
It's up to a few...
Stretched to his limit, Tamas is relying heavily on his few remaining
powder mages, including the embittered Taniel, a brilliant marksman who also
happens to be his estranged son, and Adamat, a retired police inspector whose
loyalty is being tested by blackmail.
But when gods are involved...
Now, as attacks batter them from within and without, the credulous are whispering about omens of death and destruction. Just old peasant legends about the gods waking to walk the earth. No modern educated man believes that sort of thing. But they should...
Now, as attacks batter them from within and without, the credulous are whispering about omens of death and destruction. Just old peasant legends about the gods waking to walk the earth. No modern educated man believes that sort of thing. But they should...
1 comment:
Interesting. I see this book was just published last week. I see it's also a big fat hardcover, with a Kindle edition priced high enough to keep people interested in buying the hardcover edition (especially with Amazon's HUGE discount on the hardcover).
I wonder how well this book would sell if the ebook was priced at, say, $3.99...
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