Esthopia Sagas

While lodged at an inn for the night, Princess Egny's life is saved in the nick of time, when dark-clad invaders make an attempt on her life.

News of the attack reaches the king, who sends Sir Klaus eastward across the outlaw-riddled Bending Pass and into the country of Antonia to learn more about the assassination plot.

The novel, filled with well-wrought adventure, hosts a large cast, from the warm Asgrim to the foolhardy Gils, their back stories as attention-grabbing as the main narrative.

We learn, for instance, the unsettling history of Christopher, a trader who freed two condemned slaves and joined forces with Klaus against the incoming Ortaks.

Esthopians who, faced with the prospect of war with a brutal tribe and betrayal among their ranks, band together, building interest for the series' next instalment.