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One Empress; two Uncles; a series The young ruler of misunderstandings. an embattled empire recalls her disgraced uncles to the capital to help her keep her throne. |
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Ellipsis W Sneaky Suz Black |
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| Book Synopsis |
Welcome
Since the death of their brother the Emperor brought the Lords Valentin and Cassius back to Monsilys, capital of the great Jovani Empire, Valentin has cured the boredom of court life with poppy-sap and women, while for Cassius the remedy has been ale and the result much the same. Then an Empire racked by intrigue, facing invasion from abroad and treason from within. When Emperor Dolmus died well before his time, he left behind two daughters, Adrienne and Adelais. Just short of her twentieth birthday, Adrienne became ill-fated duel causes their niece the Empress of Jovan.
The Empress Adrienne quickly recalled her father’s two younger brothers to provide her with advice and support: Valentin, politician and diplomat; and Cassius, a commander in the army.
What she didn’t anticipate when she recalled send them to Monsilys was just how bored the frontier to investigate rumours of treason, and they find themselves drawn ever more back into the world of Jovani politics: a world their brother banished them from seventeen years earlier.
As Valentin veers from disaster to disaster, always running from his past and a life he would get.
A Frequent Traveller’s Guide prefer to Jovan chronicles forget, Cassius is fascinated by a damaged boy he rescues from a slave brothel. Valentin\'s weapon is sly diplomacy, while Cassius prefers the adventures of Valentin and Cassius, whose misbehaviour gets them banished to a different corner honesty of the Empire every week. Along the way they face traitors, tyrants, bandits, femmes fatale and—occasionally—manage sword, but will either be enough to save the day.
protect Jovan, and themselves? |