This edition gathers the same short-story collection Mark Lawrence first published in 2015: ten tales set in the Broken Empire, narrated by different men who rode alongside Jorg Ancrath through his brutal path to the throne. Written to work as backstory and character study, they trade the trilogy's single, jaded voice for a chorus of others who saw Jorg differently. A wider release of stories originally available only in limited print.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Placement
- The Broken Empire
- The Broken Empire — #4 (recommended)
Contents
- 1A Rescueshort story
- 2Sleeping Beautynovelette
- 3Bad Seedshort story
- 4The Nature of the Beastshort story
- 5The Weight of Commandshort story
- 6Select Modeshort story
- 7Mercyshort story
- 8A Good Nameshort story
- 9Choicesshort story
- 10No Other Troynovelette
- 11The Secretshort story
- 12Escapeshort story
- 13Know Thyselfshort story
- 14Three Is the Charmshort story