E-Book, 368 Seiten
Sprache: english
Veröffentlicht von Superior Magpie LLC.
Is a walled and locked Residence a palace or a prison? It depends on who holds the keys.
When the Holy Remoran Empire decided that the Emperor’s younger son would marry the heir of the Duke of uncanny Traventi, Childe Silvia saw Leon-Alexander as a fine man and marriage as preferable to war.
With her Prince dead, Silvia and her 3 young children are trapped at the Emperor’s court far from her homeland, disdained and oppressed by officials who view the Marriage Contract as a cheap tool of conquest while scanting their own promises. The courtiers fear no reprisals for oath-breaking.
For the Elderkin of Traventi, descended from eldritch creatures, Oaths join the Worlds’ foundations and oath-breaking is no safer than breaking rocks at the base of a cliff, inviting cosmic rupture.
The warnings of Silvia’s younger son, the Notary and seer Franz-Karl, become more urgent …
Is a walled and locked Residence a palace or a prison? It depends on who holds the keys.
When the Holy Remoran Empire decided that the Emperor’s younger son would marry the heir of the Duke of uncanny Traventi, Childe Silvia saw Leon-Alexander as a fine man and marriage as preferable to war.
With her Prince dead, Silvia and her 3 young children are trapped at the Emperor’s court far from her homeland, disdained and oppressed by officials who view the Marriage Contract as a cheap tool of conquest while scanting their own promises. The courtiers fear no reprisals for oath-breaking.
For the Elderkin of Traventi, descended from eldritch creatures, Oaths join the Worlds’ foundations and oath-breaking is no safer than breaking rocks at the base of a cliff, inviting cosmic rupture.
The warnings of Silvia’s younger son, the Notary and seer Franz-Karl, become more urgent as Contract breakage and other villainy continues unmended and news of disaster spreads.
Will reforms avert the looming calamity? Or will it all end in tears?
After Franz-Karl astonished me so much in the first book, I worried about what would happen to him in the second... and yes, this book is not for the feitn of heart.
A gripping young hero, a despicable anatgonist, and twists and turns that work without epic battles - I am a fan!
