ALONE AGAINST AN EMPIRE.
When Yash of Zeltah arrives in the fortress city of Honaq she is
greeted as a barbarian, a simple pawn. Her marriage to prince Chej
has been arranged, they say, to avert war. Yet she knows the truth,
for the armies already ravage the land. A skilled and deadly
assassin, there is more to Yash than any might suspect. Before
another day can pass, she must defeat the masters of the nine
towers?the plagues, magics, and monsters they control, the
soldiers they command. Without raising an alarm, she must kill all
who oppose her?even the immortal emperor. The lives and souls
of Zeltah, the people and the land upon which they live, all depend
on it.

Greg Keyes is a New York Times bestselling science fiction and
fantasy author who writes both original and media tie-in novels.
He's written for many franchises including Star Wars, Planet of the
Apes and Godzilla. His original fiction includes The Waterborn and
the Age of Unreason series.