Stephens serves up a terrific first entry to a fascinating new series. Recommended for fans of politically complex epic fantasy in the vein of Game of Thrones or Joe Abercrombie." -- Booklist, John Keogh Secrets...

The King is dead. Long live the Kheld King. The Triempery lies crippled, its godborn princes slaughtered by treachery, its ruling houses desperate to maintain their monopoly of the god-machine Entities. In...

Long live the king... if only they can find him. The Kheld King, Stefan Stauberg-Randolph, is dead. He leaves behind a land in chaos. His brother Handurin is rightful heir to once-mighty Essera… only...

In a land the Spanish have wrested from the Incas, llama-herder Amaya was born of moon blood and is viewed as uncanny—but she has a gift which her people find useful: she can see salt flowers, the malevolent...

It will take a god to awaken a god. The Heir to Essera's throne, Handurin Stauberg-Randolph, has escaped from Sordan and sought out the Kheld people of Amallar. He hopes to gain them as allies, particularly...