Empire of Hanging Swords

An empire on the brink.An unimaginable betrayal.And one girl who has to hold it all together.Empress Neferet is no stranger to the weight of a crown nor the responsibility that comes with it. Secretly, she hunts her beloved father's murderer, seeking justice for his brutal death as unprecedented natural disasters are spreading fast across her lands.Once she discovers the assassin was none other than her closest ally, the Dominus of Theron, fury drives her to cross the borders of his kingdom to seek revenge with the blessing of the gods. However, once Neferet crosses paths with Dante, the Dominus's son, they uncover a conspiracy that shakes her deepest convictions and suggests that the disasters ravaging her empire weren't so natural after all.As more gods descend with cryptic and conflicting messages, Neferet's faith is thrown into turmoil and she finds herself with more questions than answers. War looms on the horizon, so she and Dante must piece together the conspirators' plans—and the gods' true intentions—to stop them before her empire collapses.As their nations teeter on the brink, Neferet and Dante find themselves racing against forces beyond their comprehension. But with divine agendas at play, can they untangle the gods' motives in time to save an empire on the edge of ruin? Or will they become pawns in a game that ends with their world in ashes?