Download Knife Sworn: Book Two of the Tower and Knife Trilogy AudioBook Free
Mazarkis William's debut book, The Emperor's Knife, was praised because of its exotic configurations, gripping intrigue, and stunning, full-blooded personas. Now Williams earnings to the sumptuous palaces and treacherous rear alleys of the Cerani Empire, where intrigue, love, and dangerous magic threaten the very soul of a newly-crowned emperor. After spending most of his life in captivity and solitude, Sarmin now sits after the Petal Throne of Cerana. But his reign can be an uneasy one. Ambitious generals and restless troops want war no matter what. An insidious overseas religion stirs dread on the list of people and the court. Plus the emperor's own heart and soul is torn between two completely different women: Mesema, a Windreader princess of the north plains, and Grada, a lowborn untouchable with whom Sarmin stocks a unique bond. A natural-born mage, Sarmin also holds within him a throng of bodiless spirits whose conflicting stories and desires power him to wage a private struggle for his sanity. In the past, a royal assassin known as the Emperor's Knife offered as the enthusiastic edge of justice, defending the throne from every menaces, however the last Knife has perished and his successor has yet to be known as. For his own protection, and that of the empire, Sarmin must choose his own dedicated death-dealer...but after whom can be he bestow the bloody burden of the Knife-Sworn?
