The Sword Saint Av Conn Iggulden

<b>THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO THE BESTSELLING <i>EMPIRE OF SALT</i> SERIES. </b><br><br><b>Cities have been broken. Empires have fallen. And darkness is coming. </b> <br><br> Success has drawn a cold gaze. A false king seeks dominion. His soldiers will bring desolation and despair to Darien. With treachery on all sides, the ancient capital looks set to fall.<br><br> Yet within the walls of that great city, a small team gathers. Tellius knows each one: a hunter, a gambler, a dead man, a wielder of threads - and the sword saint of Shiang. When Darien herself is threatened, Tellius will ask them to stand. <br><br> A city is worth more than the lives of those within. Darien's streets and courts and homes and taverns are a bonfire on the hill, a beacon of life and light in the world. <br><br>That is why they will die to save her.<br>___________<br><br><b>'A master storyteller' </b>Sunday Express<br><br><b>'Iggulden is in a class of his own' </b>Daily Mirror<br><br><b>'One of our finest historical novelists' </b>Daily Express