The New York Times bestselling world of Osten Ard returns in the
third Last King of Osten Ard novel, as threats to the kingdom loom...
The High Throne of Erkynland is tottering, its royal family divided and
diminished. Queen Miriamele has been caught up in a brutal rebellion in
the south and thought to have died in a fiery attack. Her grandson
Morgan, heir to the throne, has been captured by one of Utuk'ku's
soldiers in the ruins of an abandoned city. Miriamele's husband, King
Simon, is overwhelmed by grief and hopelessness, unaware that many of
these terrible things have been caused by Pasevalles, a murderous
traitor inside Simon's own court at the Hayholt.
Meanwhile, a deadly army of Norns led by the ageless, vengeful Queen
Utuk'ku, has swept into Erkynland and thrown down the fortress of
Naglimund, slaughtering the inhabitants and digging up the ancient grave
of Ruyan the Navigator. Utuk'ku plans to use the Navigator's fabled
armor to call up the spirit of Hakatri, the evil Storm King's brother.
Even the Sithi, fairy-kin to the Norns, are helpless to stop Utuk'ku's
triumph as her armies simultaneously march on the Hayholt and force
their way into the forbidden, ogre-guarded valley of Tanakirú--the
Narrowdark--where a secret waits that might bring Simon's people and
their Sithi allies salvation--or doom.**
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