An Emperor's death... After nine centuries - and ten lifetimes - the Emperor Kostimon is dead. Darkness sweeps the land. Death and destruction are the new rulers. A woman's love... Now the emperor's young widow, Elandra, has fled the shadows of war with her champion, the warrior Caelan - the man she has grown to love. A warrior's fate... But is the emperor truly dead? Or can the power of the shadow god bring him back? Elandra must make a fateful decision - to follow her heart, or fulfill her destiny on the throne. And the warrior Caelan must stand and fight... for his life... for his love... and for the entire kingdom. (from the back cover of the Ace Books first edition).
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