The Sleep of Empires by David Annandale
Eloran is a world of imperious elves, fractious human realms, and the hated, skeletal kaul - with each nation poised to grasp at any advantage over the others. When Latanna Forgrym's despised father tries to engage her to the youngest son of a powerful, manipulative family, she forges a new path by marrying instead a man she respects but doesn't love. A chance encounter with a pair of mercenaries leads Latanna to a lost crown, a relic of forces the world has tried desperately to forget, and gives her the means to break free from her corrupt family - but at a terrible price. A kaul mercenary travels through the human realms with a companion of no nation, no identifiable species, and no memories - not even the memory of his own name. Latanna's crown sets the man on the path to recovering first his name - Vorykas - and then fragments of his past. As he searches for clues to himself, his connection to the crown and the suppressed lore it represents becomes clear. When a forbidden book resurfaces, threatening to reveal the knowledge Vorykas seeks, enemy forces move to conceal the book and any hint of its contents, by whatever means necessary. Latanna and Vorykas must unite to defend the realm and reveal the truth. But what they learn has the power to shake the world... and make the gods tremble.
David Annandale is the author of the Warhammer Horror novel The House of Night and Chain and the novella The Faith and the Flesh, which features in the portmanteau The Wicked and the Damned. His work for the Horus Heresy range includes the novels Ruinstorm and The Damnation of Pythos, and the Primarchs novels Roboute Guilliman: Lord of Ultramar and Vulkan: Lord of Drakes. For Warhammer 40,000 he has written Warlord: Fury of the God-Machine, the Yarrick series, and several stories involving the Grey Knights, as well as titles for The Beast Arises and the Space Marine Battles series. For Warhammer Age of Sigmar he has written Neferata: Mortarch of Blood and Neferata: The Dominion of Bones. David lectures at a Canadian university, on subjects ranging from English literature to horror films and video games.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781645061137 |
| ISBN 10 | 1645061132 |
| Title | The Sleep of Empires |
| Author | David Annandale |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Start Publishing LLC |
| Year published | 2025-09-16 |
| Number of pages | 450 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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