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Brought to you by Penguin. The epic conclusion to the bestselling Empire of Salt series from master storyteller Conn Iggulden. The news from the north is grim. An army is massing under the new king of Feal. They head towards Darien - city of the Twelve families - demanding allegiance, or war...

It is said that kelpies are creatures born of shadows and moonlight. Mysterious spirits that haunt the rippling surface of lochs and rivers and lure fair maidens into a watery grave. It is also said that a kelpie's beauty is as irresistible as it is deadly and many unwary travellers have been charmed and carried into the depths, only the faintest echoes of their cries lingering above the marshes. Yet many tales speak of a different side to the creature—one that is ancient, a symbol of the untamed forces of nature, wild and unpredictable like the very soul of the water.

Les Sept Couronnes sont exsangues. Le royaume panse ses plaies. Les guerres ont vidé les campagnes, les épidémies ont ruiné les récoltes et les pillards écument les terres dévastées. Pourtant il y a toujours autant de prétendants qui briguent la couronne : chacun dans son repaire échafaude des stratégies. Les Lannister multiplient les alliances fragiles, Stannis Baratheon se réfugie toujours davantage dans le culte de Rhllor, le maître de la lumière, et Robb Stark soupire après son fief en lambeaux.

Nur ein vergessenes Lied vermag es, die Dunkelheit der Nacht zu durchbrechen. Wäre es doch nur erlaubt zu singen - oder sich zu erinnern... "Ich erzähle euch eine Geschichte. Sie beginnt in einem finsteren Tal mit hohen, schneebedeckten Bäumen. Sie beginnt mit einem einsamen Wanderer in den fahlen Stunden des Zwielichts, in der bläulich glänzenden Dämmerung. Sie beginnt mit einer Frage. Fürchtet ihr euch?"

What would you sacrifice to save the world? For decades, Worship Osei has hunted Mindrippers with the aid of her Lord-Inquisitors. But when her current Lord-Inquisitor is incapacitated in the ancient city of Dilgan, she is forced to seek help from a darker source, from a Sophic Nun. Will Sister Fana's holy magic be enough to destroy Enk Gueye, the most potent Mindripper in an age?