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The Greatcoats are back. ´First-rate fiction, first rate adventure, first rate full stop,´ says Sunday Times bestseller Conn Iggulden, while Mark Lawrence says, ´a gripping read with genuine emotion and excitement.´

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´First-rate fiction, first rate adventure, first rate full stop´ - Sunday Times bestseller Conn Iggulden.

Would you - could you? - uphold the law at the cost of those you love?

Falcio val Mond, First Cantor of the Greatcoats, is on the brink of fulfilling his dead King´s dream: Aline is about to take the throne and restore the rule of law once and for all.

But for the Greatcoats, nothing is ever that simple. In neighbouring Avares, an enigmatic new warlord is uniting the barbarian armies and even worse, he is rumoured to have a new ally: Falcio´s old nemesis Trin. With the armies of Avares at her back, she´ll be unstoppable.

Falcio, Kest and Brasti go racing north to stop her, but in those cold, treacherous climes they discover something altogether different - and far more dangerous: a new player plans to take the throne of Tristia, and the Greatcoats, for all their determination and skill, may not be able to stop him.

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An energetic, fun adventure that puts the "musk" back in "musketeer." Guaranteed to increase household swashbuckling by 100%. Library Journal

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de Castell, Sebastien
Sebastien de Castell had just finished a degree in archaeology when he started work on his first dig. Four hours later he realised how much he hated archaeology and left to pursue a very focused career as a musician, ombudsman, interaction designer, fight choreographer, teacher, project manager, actor and product strategist. After a year in the Netherlands, he has recently returned to Vancouver, Canada, where he lives with his wife and two belligerent cats. Traitor´s Blade, his award-winning debut novel, the first in his bestselling series The Greatcoats, is followed by Knight´s Shadow, Saint´s Blood and Tyrant´s Throne. He is also writing a YA series, starting with Spellslinger.

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