If Donald Westlake had given Dortmunder a sword, if Douglas Adams had hitchhiked with a unicorn, Weekes has crafted that rare fantasy novel that both embraces and challenges the genre . . . this is, simply, a terrific damn novel. - Greg Rucka, New York Times bestselling author of Alpha, The Punisher, and Batman Loch is seeking revenge. It would help if she wasn t in jail. The plan: to steal a priceless elven manuscript that once belonged to her family, but now is in the hands of the most powerful man in the Republic. To do so Loch former soldier, former prisoner, current fugitive must...

Empress Celene of Orlais rose to the throne of the most powerful nation in Thedas through wisdom, wit and ruthless manipulation. But her empire is under threat from within by imminent war.