The Long War 03 - The Red Prince (68 page)

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Authors: A. J. Smith

Tags: #Fantasy, #Science Fiction & Fantasy

In the court of every city in the lands of Ro, an enchantress sits.

And in the minds of that city, each enchantress weaves a song. She sings of the liberation of the land; the taming of the highland tribes; the birth of a precious new race; the world united under a single creed.

Yet none sing of the murder of the young Prince Christophe; of the rebellion of Canarn; of blighted gods stirring from their endless slumber; nor the lonely quest of a father to avenge the children that were stolen from him.

But every song, as every life, must come to an end…

A
LL
THAT
WAS
DEAD
WILL
RISE
.
A
LL
THAT
NOW
LIVES
WILL
FALL
...

The Dark Blood
is available
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III – T
HE
R
ED
P
RINCE

Between the desert plains of Karesia and the icy wastes of Ranen, there once lay the kingdom of Ro. Its men and women worshipped the One and he was much pleased with them. His armies were strong. His lands were fertile. And his people prospered and grew… complacent.

Their enemies saw they were unwatchful. And the armies of the south fell upon the land like rain. And their sorcerers remade the kingdom in fire and blood in readiness for the rise of a new god; a nation of slaves awaiting sacrifice.

Such a fate it was that befell Haran, bounded by sea and stone, the mightiest stronghold of the west. Now, Alexander Tiris, the Red Prince, can only brood upon the downfall of his people, cut off from his own city by the mercenary army of the Seven Sisters.

Until the arrival of the one man who can wield the sisters’ power against them…

A
LL
THAT
WAS
DEAD
WILL
RISE
.
A
LL
THAT
NOW
LIVES
WILL
FALL
...

The fourth Chronicle of the Long War,
The World Raven
, will be published in Summer 2016

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First published in the UK in 2015 by Head of Zeus Ltd

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ISBN (eBook) 9781784080853

ISBN (HB) 9781784080860

ISBN (XTPB) 9781784080877

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