Why are we fighting this war? Because evil must be resisted, and sooner
or later there comes a time when men of principle have to make a stand.
But at this stage in the proceedings, he added, with a slightly lopsided
grin, mostly from force of habit.
A soldier with a gift for archery. A woman who kills without care. Two
brothers, both unbeatable generals, now fighting for opposing armies. No
one in the vast and once glorious United Empire remains untouched by the
rift between East and West, and the war has been fought for as long as
anyone can remember. Some still survive who know how it was started, but
no one knows how it will end. Except, perhaps, the Two of Swords.
World Fantasy Award-winning author K. J. Parker delivers the first
volume of his most ambitious work yet-the story of a war on a grand
scale, told through the eyes of soldiers, politicians, victims, and
heroes.