It's a bloody business, overthrowing a king.

Field Marshal Tamas's coup against his king brings bread to the starving, but it also provokes war in the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics, and a greedy scramble for money and power by Tamas's supposed allies.

Stretched to his limit, Tamas relies on his few remaining powder mages to keep the peace. But amid the chaos, a whispered rumour is spreading. A rumour of a broken promise, omens of death, and the gods returning to walk the earth.

Surely nobody really believes those old legends.

Perhaps they should.

Tense action, memorable characters, rising stakes... Brian McClellan is the real thing. Brent Weeks.