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Informationen zum Autor Brian Staveley has an MA in Creative Writing from Boston University. He works as an editor for Antilever Press! and has published poetry and essays! both in print and on-line. "The Emperor's Blades "is his first novel. Klappentext The emperor of Annur is dead! slain by enemies unknown. His daughter and two sons! scattered across the world! do what they must to stay alive and unmask the assassins. But each of them also has a life-path on which their father set them! destinies entangled with both ancient enemies and inscrutable gods. "A vivid and visceral universe.... Real, solid, and compelling." --Christie Golden, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Arthas: Rise of the Lich King" "An exciting first salvo involving Machiavellian politics...an intriguing world of magic, and three protagonists whose personal journeys will keep the reader impatiently waiting for the next book!" --Richard A. Knaak, " New York Times" bestselling author of "The Legend of Huma" "A complex and fast-moving fantasy set in a world where treachery and intrigue are everywhere." --L. E. Modesitt Jr., "New York Times" bestselling author of The Imager Portfolio "Come for the intrigue, assassination, death priests, black-ops bird riders, and giant poisonous hive-lizards. Stay for Staveley's characters, his language, and his way-cool fantasy Zen."--Max Gladstone, author of "Three Parts Dead""Takes""a story of family, loss, conspiracy and revenge and gives it new legs. It's epic fantasy with a sharp, jagged edge to it, a modern sensibility, prose as tight as the leather wrapped around a sword's hilt, and characters that you can relate to and give a damn about. I look forward to the next installment of Staveley's chronicle."--R. S. Belcher, author of "The Six-Gun Tarot""Staveley brings together a richly imagined world and vibrant characters, and serves them up with monks and monsters, tension and treachery--an exhilarating adventure."--Elspeth Cooper, author of" Songs of the Earth""A vividly imagined story of conspiracy and empire."--Col Buchanan, author of "Farlander""" Zusammenfassung The emperor of Annur is dead! slain by enemies unknown. His daughter and two sons! scattered across the world! do what they must to stay alive and unmask the assassins. But each of them also has a life-path on which their father set them! destinies entangled with both ancient enemies and inscrutable gods. ...
