*If it's war you want...*find here the best of military epic fantasy as
the best-selling Saga of the Forgotten Warrior series continues.
The Great Extermination has begun.
In the Capitol, Grand Inquisitor Omand Vokkan hatches a plot to kill
every member of the untouchable caste in all of Lok, down to the last
man, woman, and child. As a member of the Order of Inquisition, Vokkan
has no official say in the creation of Law, but he has powerful allies
willing to do his bidding. Through them, he has convinced the Judges
that the genocide will be swift, complete, and without complication.
Nothing is farther from the truth.
Lord Protector Devedas has sworn to uphold the Law. Once, he and the
traitor Ashok Vadal had been like brothers. Now, he hunts Vadal and the
Sons of the Black Sword, heretics and rebels who seek to live outside
the rule of the Law. All Devedas must do is find and kill his best
friend and order will be restored to Lok.
The rebels seek the secret kingdom spoken of by the Prophet Thera, a
paradise where water is pure and food plentiful, where there are no
castes, where the people rule themselves and are not slaves to the
Capitol. Ashok Vadal is not sure he believes in such a Paradise, but
he - along with his allies - does seek refuge in the rebellion's hideout
in Akershan. But Vadal, a former High Protector who has turned his back
on the corrupt Law, will not merely wait meekly, hoping that fleeing to
Akershan will spare the rebellion from the clutches of the Great
Extermination. No, if it's a war the Capitol wants, Vadal, who has faced
down gods and demons, will be all too willing to give it to them.
