

Her August Majesty Terez – High Queen of the Union.His August Majesty Jezal the First – High King of the Union.Glimpsing the future is one thing, but with the guiding hand of the First of the Magi still pulling the strings, changing it will be quite another… Characters With the help of the mad hillwoman Isern-i-Phail, Rikke struggles to control the blessing, or the curse, of the Long Eye. The age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. But the slums boil over with a rage that all the money in the world cannot control. Savine dan Glokta – socialite, investor, and daughter of the most feared man in The Union – plans to claw her way to the top of the slag-heap of society by any means necessary. But King Jezal’s son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specialises in disappointments.


On the blood-soaked borders of Angland, Leo dan Brock struggles to win fame on the battlefield, and defeat the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities.
