Two brothers flee an army of fanatics across a vast and magical desert
in this white-knuckle sequel to Master Assassins from Robert V.S.
Redick, author of The Red Wolf Conspiracy.
The worst of rivals, the closest of friends, the two most wanted men in
a war-torn world: Kandri and Mektu Hinjuman have cheated death so often
it's begun to feel like a way of life. But nothing has prepared them for
the danger and enchantment of the Ravenous Lands. This sprawling, lethal
desert is the brothers' last hope, for they have killed the favorite son
of Her Radiance the Prophet, and her death-priests and magical servants
are hunting them day and night.
But there are dangers even within their caravan. Some of their fellow
travelers worship the Prophet in secret. Others, including Mektu, have
become obsessed with a bejeweled dagger that seems to afflict its owners
with madness or death.
At stake is far more than the lives of two runaway soldiers. Kandri is
carrying an encoded cure for the World Plague, a disease that has raged
for centuries--while far from the desert, certain criminals have learned
just how lucrative a plague can be. Are they using the Prophet, or being
used by her? Who, in this game of shadows, can Kandri trust?
He knows one thing, however: they must reach Kasralys, great and
beautiful fortress-city of the east. Only there can the precious cure be
deciphered. Only there can Kandri seek word of the lover who vanished
one night without a trace.
But Kasralys, never conquered in 3,000 years, is about to face its
greatest siege in history.
