From the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Kingfountain Series comes the first novel in a bold and richly imagined world.Theirs is a world of opposites. The privileged live in sk
Against all odds, Owen Kiskaddon grew from frightened boy to confident youth to trusted officer in the court of Kingfountain—and watched its regent, Severn Argentine, grow ever more ruthless and power
King Severn Argentine’s fearsome reputation precedes him: usurper of the throne, killer of rightful heirs, ruthless punisher of traitors. Attempting to depose him, the Duke of Kiskaddon gambles…and lo
