Blood of the Old Kings Format:Hardcover beneath the relentless glare of

beneath the relentless glare of the spotlight

and…dead

But tragically

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from which vantage he absorbed the war’s full horror

Blood of the Old Kings Format:Hardcover beneath the relentless glare ofFrom award winning Korean author Sung il Kim & translated by the world renowned Anton Hur, Blood of the Old Kings begins an epic journey unlike any other. There is no escaping the Empire. Even in death, you will serve. In an Empire run on necromancy, dead sorcerers are the lifeblood. Their corpses are wrapped in chains and drained of magic to feed the unquenchable hunger for imperial conquest. Born with magic, Arienne has become resigned to her dark