The King's Blood

By Daniel Abraham (Trade Paperback, 2012)

WAR AND MADNESS CAST SHADOWS

OVER THE LANDS DRAGONS ONCE RULED.

Geder Palliako's star is rising. He is a hero of Antea, protector to the crown prince, and darling of the court. But storms from his past are gathering, and with them, a war that will change everything.

Cithrin bel Sarcour founded a powerful bank on stolen wealth, forged papers, and ready blades. Now every move she makes is observed, recorded, and controlled. Unless Cithrin can free herself from her gilded cage, the life she made will be for naught; war may provide just the opportunity she needs.

An apostate priest sees the hidden hand behind all: a long-buried secret of the dragon empire threatens everything humanity has built. An age of madness and death is on the way, with only a few doomed heroes to stand in its way.

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- Format: Trade Paperback
- Price: $15.99 US/$17.50 CAN
- ISBN-13: 9780316080774
- On Sale Date: 05/22/2012
- Publisher: Orbit
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Daniel Abraham is the author of the critically-acclaimed Long Price Quartet. He has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards, and won the International Horror Guild award. He also writes as MLN Hanover and (with Ty Franck) James S.A. Corey. He lives in New Mexico.

"Abraham builds on The Dragon's Path to create and sustain a rich, satisfyingly complex epic fantasy." -- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on The King's Blood.

"Comforting yet complex, The Dragon's Path is a textbook example of how to do meat-and-potatoes fantasy right." --- The Onion A.V. Club

"Prepare to be shocked, startled, and entertained." --- Locus on The Dragon's Path

"It's as if Clint Eastwood went to Narnia...A pleasure for Abraham's legion of fans." --- Kirkus on The Dragon's Path

"Abraham is fiercely talented, disturbingly human, breathtakingly original and even on his bad days kicks all sorts of literary ass." --- Junot Diaz

"Everything I look for in a fantasy." --- George R.R. Martin

"The literary successor to George R. R. Martin." --- graspingforthewind.com