The Scarab Path

After the war with the Wasp Empire ended with a stalemate, Collegium and Cheerwell Maker must try to rebuild their lives while Empress Seda and her consort Thalric try to fend off continued threats from assassins.

Adrian Tchaikovsky was born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, UK, before heading off to Reading to study psychology and zoology. For reasons unclear even to himself he subsequently ended up in law and has worked as a legal executive in both Reading and Leeds, where he now lives. Married, he is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor, has trained in stagefighting, and keeps no exotic or dangerous pets of any kind, possibly excepting his son. This is the fifth novel in his Shadows of the Apt series following Empire in Black and Gold, Dragonfly Falling, Blood of the Mantis and Salute the Dark.